On 2020-03-17, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > Same here. The main advantage of spinning HDs are that they are cheaper > to replace when they fail. I only use them when I need lots of space.
Me too. If I didn't have my desktop set up as a DVR with 5TB of recording space, I wouldn't have any spinning drives at all. My personal experience so far indicates that SSDs are far more reliable and long-lived than spinning HDs. I would guess that about half of my spinning HDs fail in under 5 years. But then again, I tend to buy pretty cheap models. -- Grant
