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 Posted: Fri, 22nd Nov 2013 19:20 Post subject: HDD Shutdown |
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What is you opinion, my rig is 24/7, should I disable or enable HDD shutdown after 20min of not being used? I have 1 SSD and 3 HDDs.
| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Nov 2013 19:30 Post subject: |
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i always disable hdd shutdown. i think it's a horrible, hdd life time shortening feature only relevant for laptops (and even for laptops i would question its worth).
modern hdds already have too many power saving features that shorten their life span due to various spind downs, head parkings and whatnot, adding windows shutdown to the list is just asking for trouble.
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Invasor
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| Posted: Fri, 22nd Nov 2013 21:38 Post subject: |
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I'm not sure keeping a consumer grade hdd spinning 24/7 is better? The MTBF numbers are always based on a 8h/day cycle.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Nov 2013 00:15 Post subject: |
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actually powering on and off hdd is a lot more damaging to it than constant spinning.
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DXWarlock
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Nov 2013 00:37 Post subject: |
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My 500GB and 1TB drives are 3-4 years old now, and I have my pc on 24-7 other than reboots for updates, or power outages. Also I disabled the HDD power down, it was sooo annoying going to look in the drive, and waiting 5-10 seconds for it to stop giving me the hourglass and get to work. And they are both still going strong.
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Stige
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Nov 2013 01:32 Post subject: |
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My 1TB drive has been on constantly for over 5 years now and I always disable the HDD Shutdown.
750GB drive has been on for propably closer to 6 years now constantly, no isues with that either.
Never turn off my PC.
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Nov 2013 05:21 Post subject: |
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Takes more toll on your HDD to spin it back up and then let it idle down than it does to get it to spin up at windows start and just keep it going.
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russ80
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| Posted: Sat, 23rd Nov 2013 13:27 Post subject: |
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Disable, it's annoying.
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Nov 2013 14:39 Post subject: |
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It has been decided - off. 
Thank you all for your feedback <3
| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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Surray
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| Posted: Mon, 25th Nov 2013 15:24 Post subject: |
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I use it on my NAS but that's it.
Had it enabled once on my PC and it was really annoying having to wait for the drive to spin up whenever I needed something from it.
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