Presumably so they aren't spinning for nothing, assuming they won't power down on thier own.
MTBF for hard disks is reported to be greatly exagerated On 4/22/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like your idea, but why "Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when > not in use for backup."? > > Maris > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Do yourself a huge favor: > > > > - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just > > yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost > > $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to > > $190 right now. > > > > - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives. > > > > - Copy the entire drive to the other. > > > > - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives. > > > > - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for > > backup. > > > > When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy > > another pair and move the data to them. > > etc > > > > It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive > > system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software > > that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I > > do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and > > is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's > > fast enough to actually be useful. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
