[Discuss] Hard Drive Death

[mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, pw wrote:
> In general, if drives are older than 3-4 years, they should be replaced
> as general routine maintenance.

I don't think I would replace a working drive that has not failed nor
given any warnings, as "routine maintenance."  I think the risk that a new
drive will fail early in its life is significant, and unnecessary
replacements maximize that risk.  However, I run RAID and expect every
drive to fail eventually, if I don't replace it for upgrading reasons
first.
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Matthew Skala
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