----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
> If you're really serious (to borrow a phrase), you'll do backup to > several different media and maybe different formats. With RAID or > backup to an always-powered second HDD, you can loose all of your > disks if the case power supply or MB fails in certain ways. (I know > someone who lost a disk when the MB failed.) Or if someone steals > your computer or in a fire. With removable HDD, you risk physical > damage either from lack of use or shock. > > FYI, I kept a 45 GB IBM and a 80 GB Seagate drive in a outside storage > shed which got hot, cold, and damp for 10 months and they work fine. > I guess I've been lucky because I've had only one failure from about > 15 lightly-used disks and have occasionally reused 5- to 10-year-old > disks for short durations after years on the shelf. Good feedback, thanks. Yep, best laid plans can go off the beaten path. ~Mr. Anderson _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
