On 10/7/18 11:48 PM, Tim via users wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 7 October 2018, Ralf Corsepius sent:
HW-wise you should check if your drive-hardware is suiteable to be
frequently "put to sleep/woken up". Most NAS- or server-class HDDs
are not, most desktop/notbook drives are.
All the domestic NASs, that I've seen, put their drives to sleep when
idle. It can actually be a pain, because they're very slow to wake up.
Absolutely.
My point actually was, one should check if a HDD actually is designed
for this use case. Many NAS- and enterprise/server-class drives are not
designed for this use case. Many are designed to be run "24/7" and not
for frequent spin ups/downs.
One may argue whether this NAS/enterprise/consumer/... classification is
more than "manufacturer marketing". Some say so and some say so ;)
Anyway, a historic example for such a case is a certain series of
WD-Reds (NAS-class HDD) some years ago, which prematurely died when
being used with frequent spin up/downs.
Ralf
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