On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM Go Canes <letsgonhlcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM Tim via users > <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > Oh, and this bit (above)... It's hard to predict future needs, and I > > have my doubts about any modern hardware (including drives) lasting 10 > > years. > > You should expect a drive to fail 10 minutes after the warranty expires. > > Sorry for the cynicism..... > That depends on how the drive is used. I worked in remote sensing where many large files were processed and moved to long-term storage so we could process new files, so drives constantly being filled to 80% and cleared. The processing was designed to minimize head movements -- just sequentially reading files on one filesystem and writing to a different filesystem. I learned to start purchasing paperwork 6-months before warranty expired, and to include a couple spares in the order to cover early mortality. At end of warranty the drives were replaces I tried to get models with 5-year warranties to minimize disruptions replacing drives, Unscheduled disruptions from failed drives effected lots of data users who wondered why the next set of new files hadn't appeared on schedule. > > Joking aside, disk drives that are taken care of really do tend to > fail either very early (infant mortality) or very near the end of the > warranty period. I don't think I've seen a modern consumer drive with > a warranty of more than a few years, certainly nowhere near 10. > Abused drives will fail sooner. > We had some Windows users who were constantly filling disks. IT managed those systems and had cases of disks with Windows images ready to go. -- George N. White III
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