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Article #8399Re: Hard disk shutoff
From: Randy Suess
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 16:00
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1986 16:00
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In article <897@nicmad.UUCP> brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video) writes: >In article <12068@watnot.UUCP> rdgreenall@watnot.UUCP (Richard Greenall) writes: >> I was wondering if any one out there has had any experience in running >>a bulletin board system off of a 20 meg hard disk. I am wondering >>if the constant running of the hard disk is damaging to it. (Ex. running >>approximately 20 hours. per day.) The original bbs, CBBS-Chicago has been running 8 years, the last 6 on a 15 meg HD in a s-100 box *continuously* but for one power outage about 3 years ago. Also, my 3b2 has been running with standard PC type 80 meg disks for over a year. I believe the general opinion is that hard disks like to run, and spinning them up and down is what leads to failures. -- .. that's the biz, sweetheart... Randy Suess chinet - Public Access UN*X (312) 545 7535 (h) (312) 283 0559 (system) ..!ihnp4!chinet!randy
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Hard disk shutoff Message-ID: <644@chinet.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 12:00:02 EDT Article-I.D.: chinet.644 Posted: Sun Oct 19 12:00:02 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Oct-86 21:37:26 EDT References: <12068@watnot.UUCP> <897@nicmad.UUCP> Reply-To: randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) Distribution: net Organization: chi-net, Public Access UN*X, Chicago IL Lines: 20