Doesn’t swapping increase the chance of total failure?
You’re basically using them equally, which makes it more likely that the surviving hard drive failes while copy the data to the future brand new replacement drive.
(This is obviously assuming, that storing a drive is different to you using the drive and that both drives will fail around the same time)
Meh, anything can happen at any time, I’ve come to accept that.
These are basically brand new surveillance grade hard drives, which means they’re designed to run 24/7 and run cooler than consumer grade drives. Neither one has any bad sectors, and they both purr quieter than kittens.
I always keep one completely offline and totally disconnected, sitting on a shelf, save for the occasional clone day where I have both connected.
I figure the chances of both failing at once are on an astronomical scale.
Doesn’t swapping increase the chance of total failure?
You’re basically using them equally, which makes it more likely that the surviving hard drive failes while copy the data to the future brand new replacement drive.
(This is obviously assuming, that storing a drive is different to you using the drive and that both drives will fail around the same time)
Meh, anything can happen at any time, I’ve come to accept that.
These are basically brand new surveillance grade hard drives, which means they’re designed to run 24/7 and run cooler than consumer grade drives. Neither one has any bad sectors, and they both purr quieter than kittens.
I always keep one completely offline and totally disconnected, sitting on a shelf, save for the occasional clone day where I have both connected.
I figure the chances of both failing at once are on an astronomical scale.