I have brought a 5tb hard drive from cex and it has 45000hours of power on time. Is this likely to fail or can I use it for a few years? I use it for movies.
I have brought a 5tb hard drive from cex and it has 45000hours of power on time. Is this likely to fail or can I use it for a few years? I use it for movies.
You’re on the flatline of the bathtub cover between most likely failure early on or late in life. How long is that line? 1 second, 1 year, 10 years? Unknown.
Mantras:
Any storage device/media can fail at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.
BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP! Ideally at least two, with one set offsite physical or cloud.