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View Poll Results: Which method is the best?

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  • Set the hard drives to spin down after x number of minutes

    0 0%
  • Set it for cintinuous operation (no spin-down)

    2 100.00%
  • I don't care / I don't know / Too techie for me / You're a nerd

    0 0%
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  1. Join Date
    Jan 2009
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    As the subject says, which method is best? Saving electricity is not really a priority.

    I have five hard disks spinning in my desktop and another two in my Linux broadband gateway/NAS. These PC's are running 24x7.
    Last edited by oj88; August 26th, 2009 at 09:51 AM.

All for hard disk longevity and reliability