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0 pointstekknik4y ago0 comments

There’s a difference between a consumer drive and a server drive. Plop that $100 drive in and you may be back in a week or so replacing it.

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gmiller1234564y ago

Why would you think a drive automatically looses lifespan just because the computer it's in is referred to as a server? Many of my desktop hard drives see more activity that some of my website HDs.

tekknikOP4y ago

Because a server has more traffic than a consumer machine. You’re mistaken if you think your home server has the same traffic as an S3 storage node.

Read more about the differences in drives here: https://blog.storagecraft.com/consumer-vs-enterprise-hard-dr...

gmiller1234564y ago

Again, you're making assumptions about how busy a server has to be. I have websites that don't get 10 visitors a day.

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gmiller1234564y ago

Why would you think a drive automatically looses lifespan just because the computer it's in is referred to as a server? Many of my desktop hard drives see more activity that some of my website HDs.

tekknikOP4y ago

Because a server has more traffic than a consumer machine. You’re mistaken if you think your home server has the same traffic as an S3 storage node.

Read more about the differences in drives here: https://blog.storagecraft.com/consumer-vs-enterprise-hard-dr...

gmiller1234564y ago

Again, you're making assumptions about how busy a server has to be. I have websites that don't get 10 visitors a day.

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