Where did you get the stat on most HDDs lasting 5 years on average?
This seems totally off. I have an HDD from 2012 that works just fine even though it gets a lot of I/O action (torrenting). I had older HDDs from the 90s and 2000s that also still worked after 7-10 before they were retired.
The HDD in my current has been in (heavy) use for just 3 years, but I don’t thin it’s unreasonable to assume that it will last another 5 years before it is replaced.
Where did you get the stat on most HDDs lasting 5 years on average?
This seems totally off. I have an HDD from 2012 that works just fine even though it gets a lot of I/O action (torrenting). I had older HDDs from the 90s and 2000s that also still worked after 7-10 before they were retired.
The HDD in my current has been in (heavy) use for just 3 years, but I don’t thin it’s unreasonable to assume that it will last another 5 years before it is replaced.