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Re:Internet Archive Infrastructure by vermilingua on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:18AM (#26313071)
And disk life.
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Re:Internet Archive Infrastructure by philjohn on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:13AM (#26313386)
perversely, wouldn't spinning drives up and down impact drive life?
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Re:Internet Archive Infrastructure by chemicalnovae on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @05:26AM (#26313789)
Probably yes, but only if it was happening a lot; I don’t know what the cross-over point would be though that you’re better off just keeping the drives spinning...
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