Timeline for Is it bad keeping an external hard drive on my desk – given vibrations from typing on keyboard?
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| Mar 20, 2022 at 18:03 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 20, 2022 at 17:38 | history | edited | P A N | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2022 at 16:30 | comment | added | sawdust | "HDD in enclosure" -- Inspect how the drives are installed in that enclosure. You would want to see isolation mounts (similar to what I posted) used somewhere, rather than all metal-to-metal (or other non-damping solid-material) attachment. At the very least, locate the enclosure over a rigid table/desk member. Think of a trampoline; the middle of the fabric has the most displacement versus the outer frame. Simply off the table/desk would even be better. | |
| Mar 20, 2022 at 13:02 | comment | added | P A N | @sawdust HDD in enclosure (not naked). In this case it's two HDDs in RAID in the same enclosure. Thanks for the link. | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 21:42 | comment | added | sawdust | Is this "external" drive in an enclosure or naked? See superuser.com/questions/1510488/… Vibration and shock are often ignored causes of bad blocks as well as drive failure. Given the tight tolerances for the flying head, I'm amazed that HDDs are as robust as they claim to be. However I take nothing for granted, unlike some others seem to. | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 15:31 | answer | added | r2d3 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 14:08 | comment | added | harrymc | How did your friend determine the cause for his disk failure? Disks can fail for other and more common reasons. | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 13:37 | comment | added | Daniel B | Unless you operate your keyboard using your fists (or your table vibrates a lot) I don’t see how this could pose a problem. You can check the rated vibration tolerance in the datasheet. | |
| Mar 16, 2022 at 13:34 | history | asked | P A N | CC BY-SA 4.0 |