[Gllug] Is this a silly (RAID) notion?

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 10:03:30PM +0000, James Roberts wrote:
> Alain Williams wrote:
> > Does this mean that ones that I store I should power up occasionally ?
> > 
> > Presumably this also applies to trusty old work horses that I have put in the
> > loft (on the basis that there *must* be a use for it some day).
> 
> Well yes, I would. It also stops the main bearings getting too sticky. I 
> have a 42MB ATA and a 20MB SCSI drive that still work :) Power 'em up 
> every six months or so, it's back to 1994!

Might seem a silly question, but power up how long for ?
10 mins, 1/2 hour, overnight ?

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