On Wednesday, March 04, 2020 09:47:47 AM Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Gene didn't address my problem, but made the very useful observation > that disks spinning 24/7 don't really die. Perhaps I shouldn't worry > about replacing them.
I wouldn't count on that, for two reasons: * everything mechanical wears, and eventually wears out (well, maybe not if the bearings are a magnetic suspension type) (no moving parts in contact) * I suspect most of us don't know whether our disks are spinning 24/7 -- some of my computers are up 24/7, but I suspect the disks "spin down" when unused for some period of time
