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5 months agoAnecdotal, but mine (a 4TB one) is running fine (knocks on wood) for 5+ years now. It’s in my server and doesn’t spin down. Low power usage as well. Very happy with it…
Anecdotal, but mine (a 4TB one) is running fine (knocks on wood) for 5+ years now. It’s in my server and doesn’t spin down. Low power usage as well. Very happy with it…
I built a system ground up with a focus on power-usage a few years ago. You can go far down the rabbit hole when you start googling, but the key take-aways for me are: