On 9/30/2011 8:41 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Hakan Koseoglu<hakan at koseoglu.org> wrote: >> Why would you move disks around machines unless you're recovering them >> after a failure? > Because I can. Why wouldn't you? Mine are nearly all in swappable > carriers and it is a lot faster to move them than to ship data any > other way. > Because you are wearing the machine's connectors out. They are rated to be *infrequently* changed out. When you do it on a regular basis it will just be a matter of time until they develop electrical/physical problems. If you want to use drives to ship data around plug in a USB hub and connect USB drives to it. That way when the connectors inevitably wear out all you need to replace is the hub (and/or the drives). -- Benjamin Franz