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Posted by Charlie S. on 02/24/07 00:39
Today, I bought an external hard drive based on its smaller size because I
thought a larger drive would more likely fail sooner. I'm wondering if that
was faulty logic and that maybe I should have bought a larger drive for
better cost per storage unit. I can afford the extra cost... I'm more
concerned about failure.
I'm new to digital editing and needed some sort of external storage. Since
the LaCie brand is a favorite of many Mac users, I decided to buy the 160 Gb
LaCie 2d Extreme. It sold for $150. I could have bought the 320Gb model
for $200. Or, the 500 Gb for $260. The economy of scales pointed to buying
the bigger hard drive. However, I thought the bigger drive would more
likely would fail on me. I don't know anything about the mechanics of hard
drives. My logic being the bigger the drive the larger the parts, or more
mechanisms...etc., the more likely it would fail.
Was this faulty thinking? Or, is hard drive size not a factor in hard drive
failure rates?
For now, I really don't need a huge storage drive. I'm just shooting local
community events and eventually I'll do short documentaries and/or wedding
type ceremonies.
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