Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevitywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down17cross-posted to: hardware@programming.dev
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-link71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevitywww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@programming.dev
minus-squareBearOfaTimelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAlso, I’ve found power cycling stuff is when it fails. I’ve had machines and many drives running for 10 years, only rebooting as necessary, and never powering off.
Also, I’ve found power cycling stuff is when it fails.
I’ve had machines and many drives running for 10 years, only rebooting as necessary, and never powering off.