On 17/03/2020 14:29, Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2020-03-17, Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> 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.
If you rely on raid, and use spinning rust, DON'T buy cheap drives. I
like Seagate, and bought myself Barracudas. Big mistake. Next time
round, I bought Ironwolves. Hopefully that system will soon be up and
running, and I'll see whether that was a good choice :-)
Cheers,
Wol
