In message , Martin Gregorie
 writes
>On Mon, 01 May 2017 18:00:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> On 01/05/17 16:41, Adrian wrote:
>>> In message , Adrian
>>>  writes
>>>
>>>
>>>   9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 060 060 000 Old_age Always - 35414
>>
>> That alone tells me its time for a new disc..
>
>Yep. I just had two fail around that mark (37000 hours for 2.5" and 49700
>hours for 3.5" - coincidentally both Hitachi drives).
>
>It may well be worth spending the extra few quid for an enterprise grade
>drive if its going to be on continuously, e.g get a WD Red rather than a
>WD Blue or the equivalent for your preferred brand.
>
>

The current disc is a 2TB, largely because it was what was available at
the time.  Most of the time it is less 2% used, so it is rather bigger
than it needs to be, but is being used on a continuous basis.

So what is a suitable replacement HDD or SSD ?


Adrian
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