uploading will affetc the harddisk?

[computeridiot007]

plz someone tell me whether the uploading and downloading to and fro from the internet will affect the health of the harddisk....if it is then why is it happening?and the solution

[gaurav.bhorkar]

Uploading / downloading is just like copying something to / from your hard disk. It will not affect it.

Although, any hard disk will deteriorate once it gets older.

[Pechu]

I guess, uploading and downloading is usually a long process if you do it with files of huge sizes. When you do it that way, its like copying, moving of files continuously for hours and hours which will deteriorate the hard disk's performance and finally it gets spoiled early.

But its not the thing we must worry about when you really want to download or upload continuously ! :P

[ash]

Solution? Get a solid state disk

[Pechu]

If you are rich, then yeah! go for solid state drives :P

[computeridiot007]

Originally Posted by Pechu

If you are rich, then yeah! go for solid state drives :P

what do you mean by solid state devices....how much will it cost bro..

[Pechu]

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. An SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM or DRAM (instead of flash memory) is often called a RAM-drive, not to be confused with a RAM disk. ( Source : wiki )


Check these links...

SSD Buyers Guide - StorageSearch.com - 8th annual series
Solid State Drives in India

[ash]

Yeah, quite expensive. A 2TB HDD is still way cheaper than a 80GB SSD.

Of course, things will change over time. Just wait till production costs decrease Then people's dream of relatively forever torrenting.. I mean, uploading and downloading , will come true!

[Pechu]

Yeah, grid computing, cloud computing, green computing