Re: [CentOS] CentOS Server Backup Options

On 03/13/12 7:05 PM, Nataraj wrote:

I would have to dig up some references, but I have read some articles that claim that the reliability of a drive that is in full time operation in a server, running 24hrs/day and maybe even seeking under heavy load is way different than a drive that you run for a day or two and then it sits in an environmentally controlled storage, powered down for most of its lifetime. At least from what I read, the failure rate is much lower for the same drive used under the later conditions.

on the other hand, the vibration and shock of transport is more likely to make a drive fail, so its all a tradeoff.