I know from many real-world examples that such drives can very probably still work without any error even if runned 24/7/365 - especially in untouched / non-moved and climatized servermachines.
But quality (go defect rates) - even within same model no - seems significantly depend from fabrication… niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc > Am 12.11.2022 um 04:04 schrieb Brad Spencer <[email protected]>: > > Todd Gruhn <[email protected]> writes: > >> Western Digital WD2500AAJS 250 GB Caviar Blue Hard Drive >> >> It was used, and made in 2010. How long do these drives work? >> >> SCSI drives only lasted for about 5yr to 7ys -- but that was 20yr ago... > > > Depending on who made the drive, I have run SATA drives for 15+ years > nearly 24x7. As someone else mentioned, run a complete SMART test on it > and see what it says. I have also purchased used drives, mostly > enterprise pulls from stuff like decomm'ed Netapp appliances, and have > had very few problems with them if the drive is from a good quality > line. > > > > > > > > -- > Brad Spencer - [email protected] - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org
