With the discussion about water pumps failing when cars sit for a while, I wonder what people have seen with hard drives. Do people see hard drives failing after being sat on the shelf for a long time unpowered versus a hard drive that's at least powered up at least once in a while, say, weekly?
Wonder if it's worth spinning up the spare spinners once in a while to keep the bearings lubricated?
Wonder how I should best keep my cold spares for my RAID "fresh" for eventual failures of the working drives. Was thinking about keeping a hot spare but that's another question whether it will have a higher failure rate than mostly keeping it unpowered.
Wonder if it's worth spinning up the spare spinners once in a while to keep the bearings lubricated?
Wonder how I should best keep my cold spares for my RAID "fresh" for eventual failures of the working drives. Was thinking about keeping a hot spare but that's another question whether it will have a higher failure rate than mostly keeping it unpowered.
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