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It is common for failing hard drives to continue running until their are power cycled, at which point they never start again.
by nicolaslem 5y ago
It is common for failing hard drives to continue running until their are power cycled, at which point they never start again.
- X-Istence 5y agoHaving had to restore a NetApp cluster from backup because the disks would no longer spin up after having been running for 4+ years... yup. The hardware was fully working and according to all internal metrics was still perfectly good, but a power outage and they never came back up.