Re: How many hours / years before you replace a drive set?

Thanks Jon,

I guess the question then is:

Do you upgrade the drives (after doing some data juggling) OR do you jump on some new technology?

We are using the R380, which is SAS / SATA 3.0. There are newer options now: Thunderbolt, SAS / SATA 6.0, etc.

What do big companies do: recycle and swap drives or just add new stuff?

Any best practices?

Since we don't really need the speed bump on our network, I thought replacing drives made the most sense.