ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: |
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HDD's (internal and external.....doesn't matter. They're the same thing) are getting better all the time. Much more reliable than just 6 years ago.
I'd say that a modern HDD which hasn't been dropped and/or overheated should last years.
I would be disappointed if one of mine crashed in under 5 years.
What kind of warranty do the main manufacturers give these days?
The 10,000 hours thing would be bad news for me. If it's an accurate real-world estimate (I don't think it is with the modern models). I run both my PC's 24/7, 365 days. That would give me just over a year of reliable HDD use!!!  No way. |
3 years warranty on average for most of them and I usually burn one or two up about every year or so but they get HEAVY, constant use (like file server), not just idling with the computer on.
At the moment I have 4 Samsung 501LJ - 500GB drives and 2 WDC WD7500AACS 750GB drives and they are all getting a workout.
I recently burned up a couple WD5000AAKS drives from overwork.
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