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3rd Jun 2009, 05:42
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I am interning in an IT dept. and they are you using two external hard drive's one mirroring the other as the main server HD for everyone in the office. It's constantly being written and read all day. I always thought that externals and even some internals were not good for continuos write/read operations for extended periods of time. Is there any validity to this?
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:45
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In my experience a hard drive is a hard drive is a hard drive. After that being said, I have a server that is running 24/7 365 with 4 500GB HDD's mirrored and striped, as well as another set of (2) 500GB HDD's backing it up, and have had no issues for the past 3yrs?
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:47
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Hard drives definitely last longer if they are not being constantly accessed.
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:50
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Is he using a P2P software? I must have missed that?
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:52
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Also what drives would be good for continuous read and write?
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:54
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We have file sharing constantly going on using these drives throughout the office. But, is the fact that the drives are external reduce durability? ProGear are any of those external?
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3rd Jun 2009, 05:59
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The 2 back-ups are external....
But I think it really would not matter if they are internal or external if they are being accessed all day. |
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3rd Jun 2009, 06:09
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It doesnt matter in what sense? And arent there drives that are designed to continous use or just designed more reliable as to why some drives cost double+ the price of some drives with same storage space?
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3rd Jun 2009, 06:09
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Quote:
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3rd Jun 2009, 06:34
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What type of external drive will make a difference ..... i.e. esata would be much better than USB2 and faster.
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