Stefan Viljoen schrieb:

> I've seen this phenomenon on older drives. Had a HDD in a system here that
> was left on for years, probably been turned off 20 or 30 times in its
> useful life. The fortieth or forty-fifth time the server was turned off,
> the HDD died - after running reliably (while not being turned off, ever)
> for 5 or 6 years. Ok, old hardware and an old drive, but just goes to show.
> Keep 'em spinning is better than spin-up / spin-down on a daily basis.

To me that rather makes a case that running a HDD 24-7 nonstop (probably 
at high workload) may instead just increase the risk of 
death-by-power-cycle.

Otherwise you'd wonder how office computers, being powered on and off 5 
or 6 days per week, could possibly last even two months. Yet they're 
usually good for about 5 to 10 years (though they'll be long outdated by 
then).

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