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> Hard drives are often configured to spin down when idle for a certain time. This can cause many spinups and spindowns per day. I was under the impression tha
by Wowfunhappy 2y ago
> Hard drives are often configured to spin down when idle for a certain time. This can cause many spinups and spindowns per day.
I was under the impression that this was, in fact, known to reduce drive longevity! It is done anyway in order to save power, but the reliability tradeoff is known.
No idea where I read that though, I thought it was "common knowledge" so maybe I'm wrong.
- tekknik 2y agoIt does, and primarily increases the load / unload cycle count. some WD drives are only rated at a few hundred thousand load / unload cycles. it’s best to buy drives that can handle being on always and leave them on.