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Re: About always-on
12/24/10 10:07 PM
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> What i meant with 'too much power cycling' is: there are people that boot up their
> machines, do something, and shut them down afterwards. If there's something again
> 30min. to 2h later, they do the same. THAT is not healthy... leave the comp on, the
> juice usage doesn't make up for the wear on drives.
Negatory, unless you are talking a REEEEeeeeaaaallly old drive. HD's today are designed to be spun down tens of thousands of times. IIRC windows by default spins down drives after 30 min anyhow.
Unless your case isn't ventilated and you are talking about significant temperature cycling, I doubt you'd see much difference between a drive running for years and a drive power cycled 5 times a day. Now if you were talking about a drive running constantly for 2 years, and then immediately switch to a life of power cycling...now we might have potential for lube issues. Nothing a little KY can't fix though...
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