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Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> for storing not so often used data I bought a 2.5" external USB |
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> harddisk. |
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> This little beast has a very small timespan before it goes idle |
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> and (from the time needed to be woken up) it seems, it parks its |
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> heads then. |
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> The main usage of the disk to be connected to my PC from time to |
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> time, copy some data and unconnect it again. It will never be used |
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> with a laptop or such (accu driven machinery). |
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> Is it advisable to try to longen the active time before the disk |
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> goes idle to prolong the lifetime ? |
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> Is it possible to do this with hdparm? |
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> It is a sane idea? ;) |
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> Thank you very much in advance for any help ! |
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> Best regards, |
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> Meino |
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I'm no expert by any means. I've read all sort of opinions on this. |
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I've read that it is better to leave puters running 24/7 so that there |
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is no cool/hot cycles and that it makes things last longer. I've also |
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read just the opposite for different reasons. Which is true, not sure. |
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I know I leave my machine running 24/7 and hardware wise, it has worked |
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well plus I don't have to wait for boot up and such either. I might |
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add, I'm on my puter a LOT. Even when I am asleep, I have it |
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downloading something, usually TV shows or something. That is why I |
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have a 3TB drive that is almost full. I do have a backup drive now |
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tho. ;-) |
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I would also suspect that this may also depend on how the drive is made |
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and what it is engineered to handle. If a drive is made with a good |
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solid design for parking those heads a lot, then it should handle them. |
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If it is not designed to handle it, well, it may not end well. Maybe |
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research that model and see if you can find the limits on it, if there |
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is any, info or limits. |
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Alan usually has some good info to share on this sort of topic. He |
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deals with a lot of servers and other hardware. Maybe he can provide |
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more info or a link to some. It's a interesting question tho. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |