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A comment on Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016. Parent comment

Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by effie on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @01:15AM (#13538718)
> The drives are not meant to be spun up constantly;

I think having the drives spin constantly is the best for lifespan, because there are less spinups and thus components wear less.

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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by Already__Taken on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:16AM (#13539450)
There should be no wear at all once it's running, read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_bearing

So barring any manufacturing defects that I'm soure would be abundantly clear early on, it's down to logic or electrical failures.

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