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SNAAKE:
how..so a subwoofer around the computer is no good?? I have one about a feet away. there are 2 other hard drives on this computer they never had any issues. only the "re certified" one from seagate.
should I move the sub elsewhere??? or just throw it away :banghead:
Xiaou2:
Heat and Vibration are the two major factors in premature HD failure. When the drives fail is anyones guess... but wear and damage are always going to lead to a reduced lifespan.
Mounting the HDs on some sort of vibration free suspension system would be a good course of action.
Such as a hanging cradle suspended by low tension bungee. (can swing around, and even bounce gently, with no hard 'shock')
Howard_Casto:
-1 for RAID
Yes technically you are automatically backing up your data, but raid arrays are designed for server grade components. At the desktop level they simply add heat, air-flow issues (more blocked space inside the case), more power consumption and added expense.
Just back your data up regularily. Even if your hdd "fails" I've yet to see a hdd fail and be so toasted that you can't recover 99% of the data off of it.
+1 for WD
I used to get seagate drives because of the cost... also had trouble. My newest pcs have WD drives, as does my wii.... haven't had any issues with them.
Blanka:
My WD greens run very well (have the 640gb,1tb and 1.5tb flavours). Even dropped one on a hard floor from 1 meter. Still running great.
MonMotha:
RAID is for availability. Availability is good but generally not something that home users care a lot about. Downtime is more of an annoyance than anything to a normal home user.
RAID WILL keep you up and running in the event of a drive failure.
RAID WILL NOT save you in the event that you do something you don't mean to do like accidentally delete a file or overwrite something important with new data. All members of the array will happily reflect this new state.
Proper backups WILL protect you in the event that you do something you don't mean to do. Good backups will allow you to go back to any time in the past with reasonable (say once or twice a day) granularity.
Backups generally WILL NOT guard against unavailability due to hardware failure.
There exist some creative hybrid solutions. ZFS is an example. btrfs is another (though not ready for prime time, yet). Neither of these apply if you're running Windows.
In general, backups are more important than RAID. Generally, a home user can tolerate a little downtime. A home user cannot (or doesn't want to) tolerate loss of data. RAID doesn't necessarily prevent the latter. Good backups will. Both is even better.
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