On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 25.06.2014 19:06, schrieb Rich Freeman: >> Honestly, I think it makes far more sense to build a fault-tolerant >> setup than to try to avoid faults by spending more on the parts. I've >> only run desktop hard drives on my 24x7 RAID. If they die I replace >> them under warranty > so you are ripping of other customers? >
I certainly am not aware of any warranty terms I'm violating. I just spot checked a drive warranty and it makes no mention of excluding continuous use, and the drive specifications do not contain any exclusions for continuous use. The SMART data in the drives I've returned contains both the number of power cycles and power-on time, and I've yet to have a manufacturer question either. To exclude continuous operation their warranty would have to specify just how many hours per day their drives can be operated for. > >> ANY hard drive can fail the day >> after you buy it, a month after you buy it, and so on, though >> obviously the probability of a particular drive failing at any point >> in time may vary by what you pay for it. > > or if it was meant to be used the way you use it. Like I said, I'm certainly interested in any actual data that supports that drives sold to run 24x7 last any longer than desktop drives when run 24x7. Rich
