Life expectancy of IDE disk

[Moonlit]

Hi,

I want to use one of my old pc's (pentium pro 200) as a router/internet
server (currently I have a Pentium 133/32MB doing the same thing). However
this one hasn't got any power saving features so it won't turn of the
harddisk after a certain period.

I wonder what is the life expectancy of a regular (maxtor) IDE disk if it is
running 24 hours a day (not much writing or reading though).

Anyone got any experience with this?

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

 

[Eric Legge]

Subject: Life expectancy of IDE disk

From: "Moonlit" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 05/07/03 04:26 Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Hi,

I want to use one of my old pc's (pentium pro 200) as a router/internet
server (currently I have a Pentium 133/32MB doing the same thing). However
this one hasn't got any power saving features so it won't turn of the
harddisk after a certain period.

I wonder what is the life expectancy of a regular (maxtor) IDE disk if it is
running 24 hours a day (not much writing or reading though).

Anyone got any experience with this?

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

I would buy a motherboard and processor on ebay that is more up to date and
that supports IDE power saving.

It would be a good idea to get a motherboard that supports RAID so that you can
run two hard drives so that the system is duplicated.

If one hard drive goes down, the system switches to the other hard drive
running a clone of the system.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.legge40.freeserve.co.uk/BuyerBeware.htm

 

[Moonlit]

Hi,

Thanks, yes I thought about that (or actually buying some outdated hardware
with power savings in a regular shop). I just wondered if I could do it real
cheap

Thanks for your reply.

Regards Ron AF Greve.

 

[bobb]

Hi,

Thanks, yes I thought about that (or actually buying some outdated hardware
with power savings in a regular shop). I just wondered if I could do it real
cheap

Wait until a constantly running box drives you nuts with its humming
noise, then you'd be throwing gazillions$ to silence it. No to mention
the saving in the electric$ bill, of couse this doesn't apply is you
live at parent's.






-bobb

 

[Gareth Church]

Hi,

I want to use one of my old pc's (pentium pro 200) as a router/internet
server (currently I have a Pentium 133/32MB doing the same thing). However
this one hasn't got any power saving features so it won't turn of the
harddisk after a certain period.

I wonder what is the life expectancy of a regular (maxtor) IDE disk if it is
running 24 hours a day (not much writing or reading though).

Anyone got any experience with this?

Life expectancy of hard disks follows the bath-curve. Drives either suffer
from infant mortality, or they give quite a few years of good service. The
vast majority of drives will last a good 3- 5 years. At the top-end things
can really expand out. It isn't uncommon at all to have 10 year old drives
still running strong in machines that run 24/7.

Gareth

 

[Moonlit]

Hi,

Wait until a constantly running box drives you nuts with its humming
noise, then you'd be throwing gazillions$ to silence it. No to mention

Well I am used to the noise with my current machines .

the saving in the electric$ bill, of couse this doesn't apply is you

this is the reason I don't use my old HP9000/380 series as internet server.
But it sure would do well for an 24/7 machine (it has run for may years in a
production environment without flaw). (and makes more noise then 5 PC's
-) ).

live at parent's.

Ha, I am 39 years old, but you are right maybe I should go back to mum and
dad

-bobb

Thanks for your Reply,

Regards, Ron AF Greve.

 

[Ken]

Ok, so it is just a gamble (like most hardware).
Well the reason I aksed was that my 2 year old P3CE system
stopped working after only two years.

It also depends on the heat in the disks.
Keep your disks under +40°C
http://private.peterlink.ru/tochinov/download.html

 

[Wayne]

OK, help me understand this.

I have 2 Maxtor 200 GB IDE 133 drives. Motherboard Moniter 5 is reporting a
temperature of 23 degrees for drive 0 and 42 degrees for drive 1. I would
expect drive 1 to be hotter ... its in a removable bay. but 23 can't be
correct, room temperature is 25.

 

[Ken]

OK, help me understand this.

I have 2 Maxtor 200 GB IDE 133 drives. Motherboard Moniter 5 is reporting a
temperature of 23 degrees for drive 0 and 42 degrees for drive 1. I would
expect drive 1 to be hotter ... its in a removable bay. but 23 can't be
correct, room temperature is 25.

Something i wrong with the 23° reading.
42° is seems to be normal. Try to get the 42° down.