I see others split the OS on to a separate drive.
I just use a fast sata 6GB for the OS. NO SSD , can still boot <15 sec to my
hacked W7 x64 "mini OS".
OS drive is partitioned 50GB-OS / 200GB for CAD's. 160mb/s is plenty fast
for what I use. But , I would like to try one of those new Samsung SSD's ! 🙂
Big data is 5900rpm Seagate 1TB drives (4X). They stay <30C and "sleep"
mostly.
Just the one old 400Gb Hitachi with 8 years on it - that one runs hotter ...
but still runs.
Blu-rays burners are great backup , just about have my 4TB on 150 disks.
So cool to have 60K mp3 + 12K FLAC on just 40 disks.
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I just use a fast sata 6GB for the OS. NO SSD , can still boot <15 sec to my
hacked W7 x64 "mini OS".
OS drive is partitioned 50GB-OS / 200GB for CAD's. 160mb/s is plenty fast
for what I use. But , I would like to try one of those new Samsung SSD's ! 🙂
Big data is 5900rpm Seagate 1TB drives (4X). They stay <30C and "sleep"
mostly.
Just the one old 400Gb Hitachi with 8 years on it - that one runs hotter ...
but still runs.
Blu-rays burners are great backup , just about have my 4TB on 150 disks.
So cool to have 60K mp3 + 12K FLAC on just 40 disks.
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Samsungs are pretty nice (good software and support)
check Fry's promo on HGST 4TB @$89 get those 4 HDD on one drive.
have you seen Blackblaze HDD blogs ? https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/
I'll never buy Seagate because my past bad history with Maxtor drives!
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I only fried one Seagate in 8 years.
It was a 7 years old with 66000 hrs. Moved using "pods" , it was subjected to
60C temps (candles melted) ..... click of death.
-400gb Hitachi - 75K hrs. (this one is pre IBM "deathstar").
-250gb seagate 10K hrs .... this one does 165mb/s.
-2 older 1TB 4 platter "heavy" , thick Seagates.
The "new" Seagate ST1000V 5900rpm 1TB's (2), awesome 35$ old google stock 3 year warranty drives .
Single platter "power sipping" drives.
These never get above 28C ... so silent.
WD drives ... I've NOT had good luck, burned 3 out in the last ten years.
Only one seagate , 2 of the Hitachi/IBM "deathstars".
My other 4 PC's have ALL Seagates - used 3-5 years (20K+ hrs.)
Yes , in the last 2 years of Maxtor , they all died. I still have older Maxtors
10 YO that work (60Gb).
So , I have 9 seagates / 1 Hitachi/ and one old WD 160gb ... all
2-8 years (most 5+).
"4tb on one drive" NOPE (all your eggs in one basket). 😀
Edit - seagate sells 10X the drives that HGST does !!!
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It was a 7 years old with 66000 hrs. Moved using "pods" , it was subjected to
60C temps (candles melted) ..... click of death.
-400gb Hitachi - 75K hrs. (this one is pre IBM "deathstar").
-250gb seagate 10K hrs .... this one does 165mb/s.
-2 older 1TB 4 platter "heavy" , thick Seagates.
The "new" Seagate ST1000V 5900rpm 1TB's (2), awesome 35$ old google stock 3 year warranty drives .
Single platter "power sipping" drives.
These never get above 28C ... so silent.
WD drives ... I've NOT had good luck, burned 3 out in the last ten years.
Only one seagate , 2 of the Hitachi/IBM "deathstars".
My other 4 PC's have ALL Seagates - used 3-5 years (20K+ hrs.)
Yes , in the last 2 years of Maxtor , they all died. I still have older Maxtors
10 YO that work (60Gb).
So , I have 9 seagates / 1 Hitachi/ and one old WD 160gb ... all
2-8 years (most 5+).
"4tb on one drive" NOPE (all your eggs in one basket). 😀
Edit - seagate sells 10X the drives that HGST does !!!
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Don't you retire old drives to a new use ( backups?) their capacity will be small compared to your new HDD. If you continue to use old drives at some point in time they WILL fail> 4+ years (35K hrs) is a line in the sand.
I still haven't found an ideal backup plan, theory says you should buy HDD drives in pairs (one used to copy image the other)
Seagates selling more drives/year isn't a sign of premium reliability.
I probably wont continue to believe Blackblaze reports (their HDD usage is close to mine , storage not OS ) but I bet all the new Seagates they get now and in the future shipped to them will be special in some way or another (not from the old Maxtor plant ) due to so much bad press that came from Backblaze.
edit> interesting your favoring the lowest cost / low number platter HDDs
I typically favor the flagship models E.g. b/c I realized the platters are selected binned before they are put into drives. ones with the lowest defects / error rates get special handling. Sure they have higher temp profiles but that isn't a problem in my case. 10x higher Error rate disks goes into consumer drives, so high platter flagship drives still get best of the worst.
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I'll jump up to the 4-8TB level when they perfect the Helium drives.
My seagate 250GB is a single platter , My older 1TB's are just 4 of these
250GB platters. 250G= 30C 1000G= 38-40C same case, same controller /motor.
Edit - I "retire" drives to either download/thrashing (torrent) drives , or pass them down to the kids.
Most of their drives are 80-250GB with 40K+ hours (SMART data)
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hold on for dear life then, I reckon that will be min. 5 years from now at our price point. hehe
prices never moved much as they should of for our SSDs. so it takes longer than expected in this sector too, and something else can break loose (Thai floods etc..)
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I'm convinced that poor cooling is a significant factor in premature drive death, so I always mount them in bays where incoming cool air is blown over them, preferably over all sides. As a result, they generally last until they're obsolete. (Anyone need a 9 gig SCSI drive?) The SMART temperatures are only a few degrees above ambient.
Their mean temperature range is quite low. It's when your drives get to the upper end of the operating range, which they can easily do if your pc chassis is on the floor, behind a door, with books or papers piled against it, etc.
Seagate states a 5-50C operating range, with their new drives pushing through to 60C. They also state that any average PC case should suffice. They are in the business of selling drives. The very worst thing for a drive manufacturer is unreliability and wherever possible they will try and be conservative while giving their customer a wider range of installation options.
That being said, I've had my hands in some bloody hot PC cases.
The study in your link was impressive for size, but a better test would be found at the extremes of the operating temps.
Seagate states a 5-50C operating range, with their new drives pushing through to 60C. They also state that any average PC case should suffice. They are in the business of selling drives. The very worst thing for a drive manufacturer is unreliability and wherever possible they will try and be conservative while giving their customer a wider range of installation options.
That being said, I've had my hands in some bloody hot PC cases.
The study in your link was impressive for size, but a better test would be found at the extremes of the operating temps.
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