Am 25.06.2014 19:06, schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann > <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> so without looking that drive up - you are using a desktop part for >> non-stop setup? > 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've yet to have one die outside of warranty, > and I'm usually upgrading for size by that timeframe anyway, and I can > use the old drives for storage. > > By all means get better-grade components, but I wouldn't use that as > an excuse for not having backups of some kind. there is no excuse for not having backups. > ALL hard drives WILL > fail, it is just a matter of when. indeed. > 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.
