Subject: | [OM] Re: CD, DVD lives, July 2005 |
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From: | Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
Date: | Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:18:08 -0500 |
Richard Lovison wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > As I understand it, starting and stopping a drive can do more damage to a > hard disk then letting it run continually. Could be but I don't believe it... at least not on the roughly weekly basis that I start the backup drives. I think heat in a continually operating case is the worst enemy. An IDE drive, even one that's exposed to the open air gets pretty warm after awhile. If you have a pair packed closely together in a typical case configuration they get downright hot. I reboot my machine at least once a day so all of my drives get restarted frequently. Software memory management errors are cumulative and I like to kill them before they kill me. I think the best way to avoid them (and also save power and mechanical wear) is to reboot the machine frequently. I can remember when that was a no-no with tube machines like the IBM 702 (10,000 tubes subject to power-on stress) but my modern day electronics handle it well. Chuck Norcutt ============================================== List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx ============================================== |
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