7200RPM drive more easy to damage......

[Guest]

Just a little thought, will the 7200RPM drive be more easy to damage and live shorter? since it spins faster,......

Also, how many of you heard IBM anounced the 60GXP HD was out last Nov?

 

[Arrow]

Theoretically, it would not last as long as a 5400RPM drive, but the technology is towards at 7200RPM drives now anyway. They're much faster and in my opinion, wipe out 5400RPM drives.

Rob
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[Guest]

mm I think statistically you would think.. but it's not the case with the increase technology in platter material, head, and spindle motor technology.. (yeap if none of that improved and we were still using same technology as older 5400 drives ..then yeah). But if you run it within the temp it was designed for ..no. Continual operation above the designed temp could lead and probably eventually will lead to a drive failure depending.



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[Arrow]

Also, it's better to leave your drive spinning all the time than to have it power up and down constantly.

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[Guest]

720rpm is definitely the way to go, faster read time, shorter seek times ect, any trade off in lifespan is likely to be minimal

 

[Guest]

Today there are drives that run at twice the spindle speed (Seagate X15s) that have hardly any reliability problems. 7200 RPM motors are probably built better and may have even longer lifespan than many 5400 RPM drives. I wouldn't worry about it, but if you want a more reliable drive than I would suggest the new Seagate Barracuda ATA IIIs that just came out. They have dynamic fluid bearing motors that run quieter and cooler.

 

[Crashman]

I think 7200 RPM drives are built a little more acurately to make up the difference, but they also create more heat, so I would recommend having them in a ventilated area, like a removable drive bay or something, as opposed to putting them at the bottom of a stack of drives in your case.

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