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Strato Hard Drive

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gjacobsn

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Hi All,

New to the ecosystem. I have a 6tb strato, love it and will certainly end up migrating to a Terra for increased size download speeds etc.

One thing that has me nervous from my reading is that it appears the strato hard drive cannot be replaced. As I build my eco system I will almost certainly want to use my strato as at least a player somewhere in my house.

There are two power options in the settings. One that keeps the unit awake so I can initiate downloads with the app from afar, and another where I have to physically turn the unit on for it to initiate downloads. This is of course annoying, but not terrible.

The question. Will I reduce the risk of the hard drive failing if I set the unit so that it goes into the lowest power mode when sleeping. I would be willing to deal with the annoyance of having to turn it on if it meant the hard drive would last longer. If it doesn't matter though I would just assume leave it in the mode where I can initiate downloads remotely.

Thanks

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I'd leave it on if it were me. In general, hard drives often fail when they are trying to spin up and are more stable when spinning at a constant speed.

Andy


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andy said:
I'd leave it on if it were me. In general, hard drives often fail when they are trying to spin up and are more stable when spinning at a constant speed.

Andy


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Agree on leaving it on.
 
This is a loaded question and really depends on the typical use of the unit. Does it get used at least once every week or 2? If yes, then I say leave it on.

I’m my case I often go 20-30 days or more between watching movies (usually traveling) so if I remember to I will power down my server before leaving to save the hundreds of extra idle disk hours per month.
 
Used pretty much once a week, so it seems on may be better. Thanks for the input.

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