*internal* HD storage cases and can drives go bad if they are notbeing used?

[Gaiko]

Hi, I have a small NAS (Dlink DNS 323) and love it. I haven't run out
of space yet (2 750's, not running in RAID) but i want to put a few
backups on these drives and then put them in a safe place and replace
them with 2 of segates 1.5tb drives.

My questions are:

#1) Is there a case/box out there specifically for storing internal
drives? ie extra padding, no static issues, etc? i literally just want
something small that i can store these drives in (a "safe" NAS or
external drive case would be fine too but from what i have seen they
don't seem as safe as something padded might be plus i would think
they would be more expensive)

#2) This might seem like an obvious question (I have no idea) but can
hard drives go bad if they aren't being used? while it is probably
apples n oranges i know that DVDs can go bad just sitting around but i
have no idea about hard drives (I would assume not but better to be
safe than sorry here)

Any thoughts/suggesitons would be greatly appreiciated!

Cheers

-Gaiko

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a small NAS (Dlink DNS 323) and love it. I haven't run
out of space yet (2 750's, not running in RAID) but i want to
put a few backups on these drives and then put them in a
safe place and replace them with 2 of segates 1.5tb drives.

My questions are:

#1) Is there a case/box out there specifically for storing
internal drives? ie extra padding, no static issues, etc?

Yes, what the drives ship in are that.

i literally just want something small that i can store these drives
in (a "safe" NAS or external drive case would be fine too but from
what i have seen they don't seem as safe as something padded
might be plus i would think they would be more expensive)
Correct.

#2) This might seem like an obvious question (I have no idea)
but can hard drives go bad if they aren't being used?

Yes, anything electronic can. Its not very common at all tho.

while it is probably apples n oranges

Yes it is.

i know that DVDs can go bad just sitting around

Different technology.