Hard drive question?

[Small2134]

Hello, I just had a thought. If the hard drive writes smaller and smaller on the disk to make more room for more writing, would something like a 6tb hdd last less than a 1tb same year and model and same test at the same time?

[Electronics Wizardy]

No.

 

 

This is only for some segate smr drives.

 

Your not going to kill a hdd easily with high usage. They will normally last 6+ years.

[akskl]

Generally SSDs last shorter periods of time the more you use them; hard drives can last for quite a while if kept secure/safe.

[Captain_WD]

13 hours ago, Small2134 said:

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Hi there Welcome to the community! 

 

The capacity and amount of writing doesn't necessarily wear out a HDD. Unlike Solid State Drives, HDDs don't have a finite amount of write cycles. What causes failures is the mechanical wear on the rotor and other moving parts and other mechanical components inside the drive or simply the age of parts such as the PCB. You may have TBs of data written to a drive in a daily basis and still have it up and running for many years.

 

Let me know if you have any other specific questions. 

 

Captain_WD.