Am 14.03.2012 03:05, schrieb Nataraj: > 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. OTOH I remember reports about drives failing to start after having been powered off for extended time periods. Something about heads sticking to platters or somesuch. Though I don't know if that information still applies to current drive technologies. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 259 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120314/05eebedd/attachment-0005.sig>