On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:58 -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > > > 4. Should I be comfortable running the entire sync operation every > > night, or am I jeopardizing the longevity of my HDs? > > > This is a joke.
I should apologize and explain this better. If you bought a fancy expensive hard drive then it's probably designed for extremely heavy use and comes with nice coverage by the guy that sold it to you. But since you ask this question I'll assume that it's not the case. Ok so you bought a relatively cheap heard drive. But the question seems irrelevant. Because these are cheap, mass-produced hard drives you could do absolutely nothing with them and they could still die tomorrow. That's the price you pay for cheaper drives. Cheap hard drives are like life. Life is cheap. You could take all kinds of precautions and still die tomorrow. But your drive is cheap and easily replaced (esp. if it's still under warranty). Your data on the other hand is not. I'd rather have a dead drive with the data backed up than a dead drive with no backup. Drives are so cheap nowadays it's a non-issue. I'm actually hoping my 2-year old drive dies soon because it will give me an excuse to go out and buy a *bigger* one for the same price. But I feel comfortable with that because I keep backups.
