71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity
71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity
Turning off your NAS will save on electric costs and save your hard drives.
Turning off your NAS will save on electric costs and save your hard drives.
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Not a single drive failure is damn impressive.
3 0 ReplyOnly if you actually have it running that long. The whole thing is powered off most of the time.
11 0 ReplyThat's how I plan to live to 160...being powered off most of the time
16 0 ReplySure, and while that is not something commercial deployments can do, it's reasonable for personal home NAS.
4 0 ReplyDepending on when you want access to your nas.
3 0 ReplyI have a 2 drive NAS that only takes a few seconds to spin up when I want to use it.
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