Re:How a Norco case killed 13TB of our data
by rdl on Saturday November 03, 2012 @02:33PM
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I think it's more 5-platter 7200rpm drives vs. 3T drives, inherently (I think there may be a 4-platter 3T now). An old 5-platter 75GXP might kill it, too.
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Re:How a Norco case killed 13TB of our data
by DiabloD3 on Saturday November 03, 2012 @04:04PM
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This is why I avoid 4 and 5 platter drives like the plague. They tend to overheat and die faster no matter how you try to cool them, and I'm not sure why: I'm pretty sure the drives aren't intentionally defective, and I doubt the manufacturers haven't compensated for the additional load on the spindle motor and the power bus.