Simon Bingham
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- Sep 21, 2018
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I think my drives are starting to fail over 4/5 years of constant spinning. So I'm replacing the 1st of 4 This has got me thinking.
What is best for the drives lifetime, to spin constantly. or to shutdown when idle. ?
My NAS system is not constant use, this probably once a day at most. !! I think if I set the drives to spin down after say 90 mins of non use they
might only spin up 3 or 4 times a week.
I'm using the Western digital 4TB drives Red ones.
Just wondered if there was any proper data on this. One the effect of constant running VS stopping and starting.
What is best for the drives lifetime, to spin constantly. or to shutdown when idle. ?
My NAS system is not constant use, this probably once a day at most. !! I think if I set the drives to spin down after say 90 mins of non use they
might only spin up 3 or 4 times a week.
I'm using the Western digital 4TB drives Red ones.
Just wondered if there was any proper data on this. One the effect of constant running VS stopping and starting.