laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

[Dan81]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

WD Scorpio Blues are also avoidable. I can't count how many I had fail despite them showing 100%.

[TechGeek]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

stay away from 2.5inch seagate drives.
specially the rose(something) series.
rossman has posted a lot about those shit drives.

Rosewell? Also, stay away from the entire Momentus lineup. Complete pile of garbage too.

[eccerr0r]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

hmm... so six one way, half dozen the other...?

[stj]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

stay away from 2.5inch seagate drives.
specially the rose(something) series.
rossman has posted a lot about those shit drives.

[eccerr0r]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

Then I wonder about the 5400rpm IDE/SATA laptop disks...will they work well. Seek would be significantly slower...

[Topcat]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

anyone used a lot of 2.5" drives in their desktop/server machines?

Yessir.

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showpo...&postcount=114

They're still in service....and darn fast for the hardware they're in; better than the 3.5" 15k's they replaced. Seek speeds are the big improvement.

[eccerr0r]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

anyone used a lot of 2.5" drives in their desktop/server machines?

Wonder because I'd think 2.5" drives need to be made at higher tolerances but yes, due to size, the drives are lighter and thus need less power to spin the disks... I had a "high" power 3.5" disk shat on itself after its years, heat it generated probably melted itself...

[Per Hansson]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

Not a study per se, more of anecdotal evidence:
But in industrial machines I service the Siemens PCU50 HMI PC is very popular.
It does feature a 2.5" HDD in a nice "free hanging" HDD cage.
I thought one of the primary things would be these HDD's failing in industrial setting.
But they last forever, and it must 100% be due to the nice mounting mechanism.
Here a picture stolen off eBay of one, notice the wires in the corners: they act like springs...

[Topcat]

Re: laptop vs desktop rust spinner longevity

I'd say SAS disks would be more sensitive to these factors. 2.5" laptop drives are 5400~7200 RPM. SAS spinners are 10,000~15,000 RPM....they're going to be a lot less forgiving of being jostled around....but I do believe they last longer in their native habitat (servers & workstations) than 3.5" SAS if for no other reason they run a lot cooler. SSD SAS are virtually indestructible.

[eccerr0r]

Has there been a study on how durable laptop 2.5" vs desktop 3.5" hard drives? Also consider 2.5" SAS drives which were meant for server use...

The thing that I wonder about is whether or not mechanical abuse can be controlled out. Because laptop disks are subject to more mechanical abuse due to shaking, heat, etc. they tend to die earlier... but if this is controlled out, do they last as long or longer than 3.5" disks? How about 2.5" SAS disks?