Was just running CrystalDiskInfo to check a few things when I realized some of my HDD's are getting pretty old.
My WD 640GB from early 2008 (nearly 8 years ago!) has racked up 27,783 power-on hours - that's over 3 years of continuous spinning, and a power-on count of 4009. My 1TB Hitachi isn't that far off at 21,993 hours. I don't remember exactly when I got it, but the particular model seems to have been released in late 2008.
The rest of the drives are a little bit less ancient - a 2TB WD @ 13,504 hours and 4TB Seagate @ 7,370 hours.
Frankly that's a bit frightening. That 640GB WD is basically the "My Documents" folder, for keeping pictures and documents off the SSD - so some important stuff there. I run scheduled backups twice a week, so a HDD crash would still result in the loss of a few days work. Do you guys tend to replace old HDD's when they get dangerously old or if you just keep using them until they crash?
My WD 640GB from early 2008 (nearly 8 years ago!) has racked up 27,783 power-on hours - that's over 3 years of continuous spinning, and a power-on count of 4009. My 1TB Hitachi isn't that far off at 21,993 hours. I don't remember exactly when I got it, but the particular model seems to have been released in late 2008.
The rest of the drives are a little bit less ancient - a 2TB WD @ 13,504 hours and 4TB Seagate @ 7,370 hours.
Frankly that's a bit frightening. That 640GB WD is basically the "My Documents" folder, for keeping pictures and documents off the SSD - so some important stuff there. I run scheduled backups twice a week, so a HDD crash would still result in the loss of a few days work. Do you guys tend to replace old HDD's when they get dangerously old or if you just keep using them until they crash?