I have an older 4TB SATA drive in on an external SATA connection used for backup, on a PC that is on 24x7. Backups might take about 2 hours a day. What is better -- for the disk, to stay running all the time, or should it be off and powered up (daily) when backups take place?
It used to be that powering up/down was the most wear and tear on disk drives and it was thought lifetime is better if on all the time. Is that still the case?
This is a Toshiba MD04ACA400, which had been in another system and ran all the time for nearly 6 years. Crystal Disk Info says power on time is 49258 hours. It was replace by a 10TB and I thought a job as backup only would be good for its twilight years.
So, leave on or on/off daily?
It used to be that powering up/down was the most wear and tear on disk drives and it was thought lifetime is better if on all the time. Is that still the case?
This is a Toshiba MD04ACA400, which had been in another system and ran all the time for nearly 6 years. Crystal Disk Info says power on time is 49258 hours. It was replace by a 10TB and I thought a job as backup only would be good for its twilight years.
So, leave on or on/off daily?