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I was just thinking today: I have 2770GB of advertised space (totals about 2576GB after format). My computer is on 24/7 and so are the hard drives. I know RAID (usually 5) is a good protection against physical drive failure, but I cannot afford another 750GB drive at the moment.
So my question is (without me having an opinion of any sort): With modern hard drives, is there any correlation between drive failure and said drive being powered on 24/7 (but not necessarily being written to, just spinning)?
Drives Installed
1x Western Digital Raptor 150GB (this one is enterprise-grade so I'm not worried about it, the OS is on here)
2x Western Digital Caviar 750GB AAKS
1x Western Digital Caviar 1200JD (I think)
2x Western Digital 500GB of some sort in a Cavalry external enclosure in JBOD
So my question is (without me having an opinion of any sort): With modern hard drives, is there any correlation between drive failure and said drive being powered on 24/7 (but not necessarily being written to, just spinning)?
Drives Installed
1x Western Digital Raptor 150GB (this one is enterprise-grade so I'm not worried about it, the OS is on here)
2x Western Digital Caviar 750GB AAKS
1x Western Digital Caviar 1200JD (I think)
2x Western Digital 500GB of some sort in a Cavalry external enclosure in JBOD