From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 14 16:02:30 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DFABDAB16 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:02:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm12-vm4.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm12-vm4.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.96.174]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 838AA155F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:02:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1473868789; bh=EQoF/zGqS6AIdOeI5LHvNKYHBtV4jYYbvtsUWHH2WYU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=GjGqu+55mcwtY4W6lLOaAcV91rqxsYG1Gg9VGbZTXnaU/VFBFYoG5Q4BBieUtKCGKvYoClfalsqHLnaYWcg9romDWhI4D/GZ5SSwtZEDiHGuH3pSoGbT0K6sBBsMSUP6fpfzrrP5tWd1esF7Qqie0OAihD3/2sCpiD2Up/WF/i8CpcSdasfymaFKskvWHJCTI9737SBw3jpqSQjwoZPF3EQOpCF7zd0EWZzH2caXEooIUsYH1/rWaAjjwCCQviNNnFc0JZFvXQldAc0G/nQDZlZgn53Xbd+PzGoxj8/DNCOuR0HAAvOWKJx67ZK/rdbzpWdoSplzGWDQnYB4XiSRxA== Received: from [212.82.98.125] by nm12.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Sep 2016 15:59:49 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.73] by tm18.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Sep 2016 15:59:49 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp110.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Sep 2016 15:59:49 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 395822.27813.bm@smtp110.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: nWS9LkoVM1nzCkzXDW_3KK.cPuI9DchfqZwSfzrYDU62Gv7 HiE1ziHde43JnQuo1CZr1GxN3CGGtHIfp.FERnVq6J0.ExwEPyrUeY1fc2Cy Gm_kHjHdDx42u0aBt7PfsfIQAfJnq8xpUHJxOnOURd1JE8E11FAkUlklYvGj .l1u9lug8BfDK5nAL6tBrOenm2Xmh9_5V8Pl8KGjfPYWfJLjb31PHGT.Mp57 wsZh3XcNeEmkFt4sbhN4ehVxNF4dd6u_8BrhG7wahYmS5vf7iB.a0HxFsIF4 0Nd5gWLQbxaoe4cal8vSwsOQM3sj5CymkI4w6c_YdyCXnrVeUym90tlebZwL p73PxBzIvbmiibP0VBuvEMmRyhsBtEQeN46_8OKDdmxXo49okjlqBBmICK8w 3LDNo5lu6HPGsKjVzoNJtdPyOIVFxq8JJsWFaCP878EbAMeEij9hgUVxajtA yylG.rwlJ81kvSXtnu7BvCTFWtC5RiavlvX6iAvRsJ7YjuizQBdiP01tCKvn 4V3muZoCNeHTU8v0fSCJBQXDZ3R8eO9n9nraTZJNBEuxnNhjC2XMir9A- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:59:49 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best kind of hard drive for heavy use? Message-ID: <20160914175949.4c580486@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <12225.128.135.52.6.1473864923.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <42.56.05022.D3A48D75@dnvrco-oedge02> <20160913213649.3a3f26b2@archlinux.localdomain> <0d1b8dba-3292-9991-ea7d-f160c25090c8@netfence.it> <20160914051806.297c0c3f@archlinux.localdomain> <20160914143327.3b7d3c36@gumby.homeunix.com> <12225.128.135.52.6.1473864923.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0-2-ge48b739 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:02:30 -0000 On Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:55:23 -0500 (CDT), Valeri Galtsev wrote: >To park heads they release arm with heads, it is pulled by the spring >into "parking" position, and stops there by banging into the stopper >pin. This is a big stress, and mechanism can withstand only this >number of such bangs. To the contrary, keeping platters spinning does >not apply any stress onto any mechanical parts, except bearings, which >can live very long, especially if platter assembly is very well >balanced and bearings are well designed and manufactured. I agree with this ;). Regards, Ralf