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> […] and lack spindown when not in use. I was under the impression that constant on-off was what put the most wear on a drive, and that if it is constantly on
by throw0101c 4y ago
> […] and lack spindown when not in use.
I was under the impression that constant on-off was what put the most wear on a drive, and that if it is constantly on it would last longer.
- fluoridation 4y agoYep. In a previous iteration of my file server I killed a WD green drive in about two years because I unwittingly left the head park feature on. It was parking after 8 seconds of inactivity, and in two years it had accumulated like 2.5 million parks.
- olavgg 4y agoNot really. With minimum 50000 cycles, you can spin up and down 28 times every day for 5 years. It may not sound a lot, but in reality it is. I have my NAS set to spindown after 15 minutes idle time and have on average around 1000 cycles every year.