On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 19:15 +0000, Tony Houghton wrote: > On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:30:55 +0200 > Rene Hertell <linuxtv@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Tony Houghton wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:50:42 -0800 > > > But I wonder, does writing to the HD really shorten its life > > > significantly compared to constant spinning or frequently being spun up > > > and down? > > > > Yes, i guess it does, cause it writes to the hdd:s surface constantly in > > large amounts... > > But there's no physical contact, the surface just has its magnetic > polarity changed (or something like that). Is there a limit to how many > times it can survive those changes? Or perhaps the head moving mechanism > can wear out? > I thought the driving force for having HDs power down was to reduce power, noise and heat? Disk and RAM are both cheap. Take a backup to a giant slow USB disk once a month, etc. :) Cheers, Gavin. _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
