Corey Hickey wrote: > Compared to constant operation, it would certainly be worse to turn a > hard drive on and off with a period of one minute, and it would be > better with a period of one year; I just don't know know at what point > on the continuum once per day lies. Is it better or worse? Since this > thread is somewhat off-topic anyway, does anyone care to venture a guess?
I'd guess that desktop hard drives are designed to be spun up and down many, many times; consider, for example, the effects of power saving which can easily spin down and up the drive multiple times per day. I also seem to remember at least one vendor of desktop drives raising a stir by adding being off eight hours per day into their warranty terms. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
