Question Can A External Hardrives damage each other from vibrations?

[BubbleMan833]

I want buy a new 4tb external hardrive for my desktop. I already have another 4tb external already connected, so if I add a new one both 4tb external hard Drives will be 1 operating inch away from each other. My concern is about these hardrives vibrating next to each other. I have heard that even sound vibrations can damage a hardrive. Can the vibrations from one external hardrive damage the other one if they are just an inch apart on the same flat surface ?

Does anyone have experience with using external hardrives this way ?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not an issue , vibrations won't hurt each other...I have mine on velcro pads.

 

[menlui]

Were you thinking of this? Because that would require planning and specialist equipment not another HDD spinning up.

 

[jsmithepa]

Unless you are working in a high security facility (I wager not because you will be asking your IT security guy instead of us), if this was true nobody build multi-HD rigs. Surely you have seen data center HD banks, hundred of them in one rack. If you are really concerned buy the RED type (clustered NAS) or YELLOW (data center) drives.

 

[popatim]

Not an issue unless one falls over into the other. LoL