Re: Debian 8.2 RAID conf. problem
On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 08:52:42AM +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-10-22, Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Many months ago there was a thread about
> >> longevity of hard drives related to how many boots in their lifetimes.
> >
> > Nonsense. If the boot count mattered for hard disk longevity, there
> > would be a SMART attribute for it. There is none.
> >
>
> There exists a similar "fallacy" concerning light bulbs (if we're
> talking hard (re)boot, change of phase).
fallacy?
I do know that turning incandescent light bulbs off and on shortens their life.
Whether the savings in electricity is worth the cost of the bulb is, of
course, another matter.
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