From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 12:13:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A074016A41F for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:13:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7140543D45 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:13:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from liam.billschoolcraft.com ([63.204.157.14]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 05:13:32 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 05:13:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft X-X-Sender: bill@liam.billschoolcraft.com To: K Anderson In-Reply-To: <000301c5c97c$5b735560$0c64a8c0@opteron> Message-ID: <20051005050839.F23615@liam.billschoolcraft.com> References: <000301c5c97c$5b735560$0c64a8c0@opteron> System-ID: [en] (FreeBSD 5.4 amd64) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:13:42 -0000 At Wed, 5 Oct 2005 it looks like K Anderson composed: > Hey folks, > > I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to find it > so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up. > > The scenario: > I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the alternate > hard drive off the system and store it for later use should the primary > drive fail, or the system as a whole fails. > > How long can the hard drive sit on the shelf before some sort of natural > cause that prevents it from spinning up properly? > Well, this may or may not be of any help but are these stored drives kept in a hermetic seal? I just bought a 'de-humidifier' for my room (not for computer reasons but now I'm glad for that reason) and I was SHOCKED to see that after 24-hours it had collected 1/2 gallon of water out of the air and it was just an average day out here in San Francisco, no rain nor fog. I would imagine that it would affect the drives I have stored in boxes in my house too. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com ~ "You do best what you like most."