Spinning up and down is much worse for the bearings than continuous spinning.
AlexG wrote: > 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 When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy 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 >> >> > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
