At 13:40 12/08/2002 , Basil Fowler said: <snip>
The only change that occurs during a hit is that the sensor arm may have to move. As the actuation of the sensor arm has no moving parts (purely magnetic) the chances of wear are negligible.
Most wear takes place on spin-up.
I don't really think that you have much to worry about. <snip>
Quite agree Basil - I've got a 7 year old server with raid5 array and those disks have been hammering away, 24 hours a day for the last 7 years non-stop. Seems array controllers access drives more often than either Linux or windoze. rgds, Tony
On Monday 12 August 2002 13:41, Tony White wrote:
At 13:40 12/08/2002 , Basil Fowler said:
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Quite agree Basil - I've got a 7 year old server with raid5 array and those disks have been hammering away, 24 hours a day for the last 7 years non-stop. Seems array controllers access drives more often than either Linux or windoze.
I guess the thing that was worrying me was the sound - it's not buzzing or humming or grinding, in fact it sounds like totally normal hard drive noise, (and really quiet since it's a new notebook drive and I have to hunch over and listen carefully to hear it) but the frequency with which I heard the thrrrrp-click was disturbing. If it's nothing to worry about I'm really, really happy. Best, Nick
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