Stefan Viljoen schrieb:

> *brrr* - I shiver at the thought of a mobile HDD as a backup device...
> 
> How do you feel about the statement that the fact that if a drive is mobile,
> inherently it will never last as long as a "traditional" statically mounted
> drive that just sites in a cradle internally in a climate controlled server
> rack / box?

Sure, a server rack in a proper server room is probably the safest place 
for a HDD to live in.

But I don't think a good external case is any more dangerous to HDD 
health than your average office ATX tower, that gets its thermal shocks 
day by day when switched on, and some accidental (or sometimes 
deliberate) kicks by its user now and then.

Yes, backing up to a server farm is probably the safest way to go 
(especially since server farms usually have their own backup schemes 
:-P), but it is not always an option.

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