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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> [16-02-02 09:28]: |
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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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> > |
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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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> > |
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> > |
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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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> :-) :-) |
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Hi @all, |
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thanks for the infos so far. |
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Just to correct me if I got it wrong expressed |
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(sorry, I am no native english speaker...) |
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The harddisk in question is this little external |
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USB hd, which is used for data storage only. |
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It is by far no server disk or anything else |
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high-end-24/7-thingy... ;) |
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Best regards, |
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Meino |
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