Hello!
I just recently build a PC with a whole bunch of drives in it. I have 4 500GB HGST Deskstars (used, about 63.3K hours each from Craigslist), a Samsung 950 PRO SSD, and a 4TB Seagate Barracuda (new as of a year ago when I purchased it), among a few other unimportant drives. I have my computer set to turn off the drives after a certain amount of time (as per the default Windows 10 settings). However, after only slightly more than a year, my SSD is already showing 9K hours and my 4TB HDD is showing about 7.5K (I bought it a few months after the SSD). The HGST drives, all four of which I am using in a RAID-1+0 array, I am just using as reference. They had about 63,275 hrs. when I bought them three days ago. Now, they have about 63,350 hours each. Meaning, that they aren't actually turning off when my PC hibernates or goes to sleep. I'm a little bit concerned, not so much about the HGST drives (not any important data on them), but about my 4TB HDD, because I feel that it should be turning off, when in reality it never actually turns off. (This data all came from CrystalDiskInfo). So, I have 2 questions: 1. Is this a normal thing that happens, and 2. Should I be concerned about this high POH count (and if it is not normal, is there a way to fix it, and if so, how)? And how long should I expect these drives to last? I know that the HGST drives have an MTBF of about 1 million hours, but does this correspond to how long they will actually work for? Thanks in advance!
~Doombot1
I just recently build a PC with a whole bunch of drives in it. I have 4 500GB HGST Deskstars (used, about 63.3K hours each from Craigslist), a Samsung 950 PRO SSD, and a 4TB Seagate Barracuda (new as of a year ago when I purchased it), among a few other unimportant drives. I have my computer set to turn off the drives after a certain amount of time (as per the default Windows 10 settings). However, after only slightly more than a year, my SSD is already showing 9K hours and my 4TB HDD is showing about 7.5K (I bought it a few months after the SSD). The HGST drives, all four of which I am using in a RAID-1+0 array, I am just using as reference. They had about 63,275 hrs. when I bought them three days ago. Now, they have about 63,350 hours each. Meaning, that they aren't actually turning off when my PC hibernates or goes to sleep. I'm a little bit concerned, not so much about the HGST drives (not any important data on them), but about my 4TB HDD, because I feel that it should be turning off, when in reality it never actually turns off. (This data all came from CrystalDiskInfo). So, I have 2 questions: 1. Is this a normal thing that happens, and 2. Should I be concerned about this high POH count (and if it is not normal, is there a way to fix it, and if so, how)? And how long should I expect these drives to last? I know that the HGST drives have an MTBF of about 1 million hours, but does this correspond to how long they will actually work for? Thanks in advance!
~Doombot1
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