I've had similar experience, though never with enterprise (Seagate ES or equivalent) drives. More writes and thrashing in general seems to make normal drives die sooner. I have only anecdotal evidence though, so it could just be coincidental. On Oct 27, 2011 1:18 PM, "CGS" <[email protected]> wrote:
> No reference, just experience from my former jobs (comparing hdd's of the > same type bought in the same time). Maybe the new hdd's are better from that > point of view, I haven't tested on the new hdd's because such tests take a > while. > > > > > On 10/27/2011 07:47 PM, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> Nevertheless, writing directly on the harddisk is not quite the best >>> >> practice because you reduce the life of your harddisk to at least half >> >> Do you have a reference for this? Drives are designed to be used 100% of >> the time. >> >> >
