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From: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: should hard drives be left running 24 hrs/day?
Message-ID: <1690@ccnysci.UUCP>
Date: 23 Apr 89 07:14:18 GMT
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Reply-To: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
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Draw your own conclusions:

Drive: Quantum 280 (5.25" H/H 80MB, used by Apple and many other companies)
Sample Size: 37 units, 14 of which have been left on since they were installed.
Installed: 15-18 months ago
Failures: 5, all of which were motor/spindle failures, all on the units which
          were NOT left on.

The way I see it, only a fool would turn their drives on and off every day.
Which makes me out to be pretty dumb- my personal drive was the second to
fail. :-(

Now, I don't turn off my CDC drive, unless I'm going to be gone for more than
2 days. It hasn't been off in about three months, except for a few minutes to
install the Orchid Cache Board.

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Alexis Rosen
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alexis@rascal.ics.utexas.edu  (last resort)