BrikoXM to [email protected]English • 5 days ago71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevitywww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hardware
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-link71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevitywww.tomshardware.comBrikoXM to [email protected]English • 5 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware
minus-square@Bookmeatlink12•5 days agoOnly if you actually have it running that long. The whole thing is powered off most of the time.
minus-square@Entropywinslink16•5 days agoThat’s how I plan to live to 160…being powered off most of the time
minus-squareBrikoXOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoSure, and while that is not something commercial deployments can do, it’s reasonable for personal home NAS.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 days agoI have a 2 drive NAS that only takes a few seconds to spin up when I want to use it.
Not a single drive failure is damn impressive.
Only if you actually have it running that long. The whole thing is powered off most of the time.
That’s how I plan to live to 160…being powered off most of the time
Sure, and while that is not something commercial deployments can do, it’s reasonable for personal home NAS.
Depending on when you want access to your nas.
I have a 2 drive NAS that only takes a few seconds to spin up when I want to use it.