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Re:Farming hard drives: 2 years and $1M later by sp332 on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:10PM (#6802591)
It could also be that they shut down more frequently. More stop-start cycles mean more wear on the moving parts of the disk.
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Re:Farming hard drives: 2 years and $1M later by bentcorner on Tuesday November 26, 2013 @12:28PM (#6802719)
Isn't that a feature of the USB enclosure? (i.e., not an issue once a drive has been "shucked")
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