Digital BW, The Print

1-I only use Seagate ATA HDs.
2-They are mainly in sleep mode or whatever it is called. They are not
spinning all day long.
3-Our computer room is equipped with Monster power centers with
'CleanPower'.
4-I never buy refurbs of anything.
5-I have a very cool room and the systems run equally cool in very
nice Antec cases that have pull-out trays for each HD and individual fans.
 
 The bottom line is, as tempting as it may look space-wise, I'd never
feel secure having my images backed up on a 500 GB HD for archival
storage If/when that HD fails, I'd be in very deep trouble. It would
be a huge loss. 
 This is just my personal view, what I feel comfortable with. Everyone
has different confort levels and different ways of evaluating choices.
 For those of you who feel secure using HD backups, I wish you the best.
 From all that I've read, from now on, I will be making 2 gold CDs of
everything and store them in different places. Perhaps, ultimately, I
will try the Mitsui gold DVDs.

Best Regards
Ginny


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew S. Webb"
<andrew@...> wrote:
>
> On 3/19/06 at 8:46 PM GMT ginnylady33 arranged some pixels so they
> looked like this:
> 
> >. We have at least one HD failure a year amongst the
> >4. (Each has 2 HDs---one is for ghosting)
> 
> 
> If you have that many failures, you should check your incoming power
> lines and possibly invest in a power conditioner. It sounds as though
> power fluctuations are killing your drives. Or maybe you're buying
> refurbs?
> 
> I use many more drives than you and I see failure rates of one in twenty
> over a year or less. Seagate drives being moved in and out of sleds and
> enclosures with about 1 terabyte online all the time. Power conditioners
> on all. Inconsistent power is a hard drives second worst enemy after
> heat.
> 
> _andrew webb
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