[mythtv-users] Re: Hard Drives that Actually Work?

Greg Cope gregcope at gmail.com
Tue Dec 28 10:00:39 UTC 2004


I'd say yes, as in most datacentres I've seen more disks die at
spinup/start up than during normal 247 use.


On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:43:33 +1100, Hamish Moffatt <hamish at cloud.net.au> wrote:
> Does a disk which is spinning 24x7 but is mostly idle
> (eg my Myth installation) fail more quickly than a disk
> which is powered off for those other hours?
> 
> Hamish
> --


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