What Kills HDD's?

[Vivilacqua1]

Hello everyone! Since I would like my hdd to last me a long time, I would like to know what to avoid that kills hdd's. (i have a Saegate barracuda) What is the general lifespan of a well used, but taken care of hdd? Thanks for your responses!

[Clyne]

I know that heat will kill the HDD. 

[Interfectorem]

Vigorous movement, heat, I think also mounting it sideways is bad for the read head. That's all that I can think of. 

[Polyvalent]

extreme heat (real talk extreme, HDD's work well under warmer conditions), dropping/hitting it, any kind of very hard force, large magnets, any sharp movement to cause the mechanical parts n shit inside to get all whack, yo

[Vivilacqua1]

so in other words, im doing it right? (i have it mounted flat, right side up, A 120 mm fan right on it (where the most air moves),, and i haven't dropped it. I did actually strap mp old pc (with this hdd) to my bike, and ride 1 mile to my friends house with it. (no major bumps in the rode/falls)

[Interfectorem]

so in other words, im doing it right? (i have it mounted flat, right side up, A 120 mm fan right on it (where the most air moves),, and i haven't dropped it. I did actually strap mp old pc (with this hdd) to my bike, and ride 1 mile to my friends house with it. (no major bumps in the rode/falls)

That sounds like HDD heaven. Also I forgot, magnets can also really ruin shit up on, but I don't think that'll be a problem.

[Vivilacqua1]

That sounds like HDD heaven. Also I forgot, magnets can also really ruin shit up on, but I don't think that'll be a problem.

thank you!

[FireFox]

Heat (anything over 50 degrees isn't good) and stock, I have two Western Digital drives. A Caviar Blue 500GB as my boot with 9,086 hours clocked and a Scorpio Black 750GB as my storage with 10,320 hours clocked and still work like a charm.

[Vivilacqua1]

Heat (anything over 50 degrees isn't good) and stock, I have two Western Digital drives. A Caviar Blue 500GB as my boot with 9,086 hours clocked and a Scorpio Black 750GB as my storage with 10,320 hours clocked and still work like a charm.

how did you measure the hours? or did you make an appx. guess?

[Vivilacqua1]

what is the reliability of segate barracuda's? I have heard "good drive" as well as "bad drive to buy"

[Blade of Grass]

how did you measure the hours? or did you make an appx. guess?

You can get a program (like Crystal Disk Info) that can read the S.M.A.R.T. data off the drives, which stores the power on hours count.

 

what is the reliability of segate barracuda's? I have heard "good drive" as well as "bad drive to buy"

They're more than good enough to be in your rig. Like all products, it will have good and bad reviews, so I would suggest not to let them dissuade you from buying one.

 

 

Surprisingly, temperature isn't that big of a drive killer. According to Google's white paper on the subject, drives that are regularly 15-30 degree are far more likely to fail within the first 2 years then any other temperature range. The issue for hot drives comes around the two year period where their failure rate is double that of any other temperature range. If you want to look into it more, the data is on page 6.

 

My thought on the biggest hard drive killer would be vibrations and impacts. Since you're dealing with something quite fragile (while on the move), it's easy to damage them.

 

Edit: Realised I hadn't really answered your question fully, added more.

[Vivilacqua1]

You can get a program (like Crystal Disk Info) that can read the S.M.A.R.T. data off the drives, which stores the power on hours count.

 

They're more than good enough to be in your rig. Like all products, it will have good and bad reviews, so I would suggest not to let them dissuade you from buying one.

 

 

Surprisingly, temperature isn't that big of a drive killer. According to Google's white paper on the subject, drives that are regularly 15-30 degree are far more likely to fail within the first 2 years then any other temperature range. The issue for hot drives comes around the two year period where their failure rate is double that of any other temperature range. If you want to look into it more, the data is on page 6.

 

My thought on the biggest hard drive killer would be vibrations and impacts. Since you're dealing with something quite fragile (while on the move), it's easy to damage them.

 

Edit: Realised I hadn't really answered your question fully, added more.

oh god. I wanted to read that, but as soon as i looked at it im like "Nope!"

[FireFox]

how did you measure the hours? or did you make an appx. guess?

 

CrystalDiskInfo, also Speccy shows the hours clocked up