Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I finally got a new 3TB hard drive. > Thoughts? > Dale Lots of good information posted so far. 2 things I think are missed. Recently, Thailand had some very bad flooding. TV showed clips of the manufacturing districts Flooded by more than 20 feet. Many HD manufacturing plants are in that area. Check, if you can the location of the drive's manufacture. But those folks are very smart and probably partially disassembled the drives, shipped them elsewhere, dried them out and re-assembled the parts.... Second and most critical:: Temperature. Monitor it and try to minimized thermal cycles on HD (all HD). Sure they will take it, minute differences in the "coefficient of expansion" of metals, allowances is what primarily gives vibration and opportunity to be destructive after many thermal cycles loosen things up a bit. There are numerous tools to monitor and log the temps of drives...... Crappy, or loose (specification) drives will fail faster that better quality drives (statistically). Over ventilation of the chassis or housing containing the drives is always prudent. In a 4 HD bay area, mount no more than (2) HD for best results. hth, James
