Shelf Life of modern Hard disks ,

[hddbug]

Hi
I have a query from one of my customer. They want to preserve data for long time . My query is if drive is kept in temperature controlled environment , for how many years data will be retained? Is there any need to power on drive drive in order to keep it working?
Wishing a warm new year 2008
Hddbug

[dobrevjetser]

Hi Hddbug,


I've still got an Olivetti M24 with a 20MB harddisk from 1986, which has NOT been in a temperature controlled environment and is still working!
I have no idea about modern harddisks. Perhaps some guru can shed some light on this.


Dobre

[TerraNova]

a good source of PSU, proper cooling and regular defrag i think will expand the life of hdd.