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HDD conservation
@goombawaho Great non-point. My back-up plan is good enough was seeking more details more hardware specific. @badbigben Here's what Seagate wrote me today regarding shp and powering on a powered off drive. Thank you for contacting Seagate. Great question! I would recommended going with once a...- mikeo1313
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HDD conservation
http://storagemojo.com/2007/02/19/googles-disk-failure-experience/ The 2nd graph of this link, AFR & utilization, did it for me.- mikeo1313
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HDD conservation
@badbigben sterically hindered polyester (shp) is the lubricant but couldn't find specific details. @goombawaho Ok, 2 drives (1 of which has a split partition) are the full backup of the active 3. So I already have my backup drives powered off besides probably synchronizing updates every month...- mikeo1313
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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HDD conservation
I have about 6 HDD's , 3 are used to keep a full backup of everything I have. I started wondering since I often don't access anything more then a few gigs every month I should keep them powered off to preserve their life. Is this a good or bad idea as I'm not sure whats the best of both...- mikeo1313
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