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71-TiB NAS with twenty-four 4TB drives hasn't had a single drive failure for ten years — owner outlines key approaches to assure HDD longevity(www.tomshardware.com)

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Also, I’ve found power cycling stuff is when it fails.

I’ve had machines and many drives running for 10 years, only rebooting as necessary, and never powering off.

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