Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:30:47 -0700 From: "K Anderson" <freebsduser@comcast.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure? Message-ID: <002401c5c9de$4c7f9700$0c64a8c0@opteron> 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> <7w4q7wx7h3.q7w@mail.opusnet.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> To: "K Anderson" <freebsduser@comcast.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure? > 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. Good feedback, thanks. Yep, best laid plans can go off the beaten path. ~Mr. Anderson
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