Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 05:13:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> To: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure? Message-ID: <20051005050839.F23615@liam.billschoolcraft.com> In-Reply-To: <000301c5c97c$5b735560$0c64a8c0@opteron> References: <000301c5c97c$5b735560$0c64a8c0@opteron>
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At Wed, 5 Oct 2005 it looks like K Anderson composed: > Hey folks, > > I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to find it > so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up. > > The scenario: > I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the alternate > hard drive off the system and store it for later use should the primary > drive fail, or the system as a whole fails. > > How long can the hard drive sit on the shelf before some sort of natural > cause that prevents it from spinning up properly? > Well, this may or may not be of any help but are these stored drives kept in a hermetic seal? I just bought a 'de-humidifier' for my room (not for computer reasons but now I'm glad for that reason) and I was SHOCKED to see that after 24-hours it had collected 1/2 gallon of water out of the air and it was just an average day out here in San Francisco, no rain nor fog. I would imagine that it would affect the drives I have stored in boxes in my house too. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco, CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com ~ "You do best what you like most."
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