From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 16:15:24 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 C3DB816A41F for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:15:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8CC43D45 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:15:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.246.232] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id AC18229B00DC; Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:15:20 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j95GIr9g091809; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:18:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j95GImHS091808; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:18:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: "K Anderson" References: <000301c5c97c$5b735560$0c64a8c0@opteron> <2926BCC8-0AF2-483E-BDB1-CF2E30EC4558@shire.net> <001f01c5c980$a3030c50$0c64a8c0@opteron> <17219.34877.306826.523289@szamoca.krvarr.bc.ca> <003101c5c984$362cf830$0c64a8c0@opteron> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:18:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: <003101c5c984$362cf830$0c64a8c0@opteron> (K. Anderson's message of "Wed, 5 Oct 2005 01:10:08 -0700") Message-ID: <7w4q7wx7h3.q7w@mail.opusnet.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 16:15:24 -0000 If you're really serious (to borrow a phrase), you'll do backup to several different media and maybe different formats. With RAID or backup to an always-powered second HDD, you can loose all of your disks if the case power supply or MB fails in certain ways. (I know someone who lost a disk when the MB failed.) Or if someone steals your computer or in a fire. With removable HDD, you risk physical damage either from lack of use or shock. FYI, I kept a 45 GB IBM and a 80 GB Seagate drive in a outside storage shed which got hot, cold, and damp for 10 months and they work fine. I guess I've been lucky because I've had only one failure from about 15 lightly-used disks and have occasionally reused 5- to 10-year-old disks for short durations after years on the shelf.