Is it safe to use hard drives vertically?


  1. tgfyhre
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    Is it safe to use hard drives vertically?


    I'm looking at some external hard drive docking stations. Most of them mount the drives vertically. I also see a lot of external enclosures, and some are horizontal, and some are vertical. Is it safe to run hard drives vertically? I've read in the past that it's not a good idea to run drives in the vertical position, but lots of docking stations and enclosures are made that way. Should I worry about my drives being used vertically?
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  3. strollin
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    The drives can be mounted in any orientation.
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  4. Layback Bear
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    As strollin has stated. It doesn't matter. Just make sure the cable are not in a bind and their is some air going over them.
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  6. Lady Fitzgerald
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    I read somewhere once upon a time that, once a new drive is run for any length of time in a particular orientation, it should be left in that orientation to avoid conflicting bearing wear patterns which could reduce drive life. Also, running a drive vertically would slightly reduce drive life but not enough to worry about. You will be fine running your drives in docks.
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