Is it bad for my hard drives to have them stop spinning after 15min?

[Shawn]

I have 4 drives and I'm rarely using more than 1 at any given time, so I set them to turn off after 15min. I don't mind waiting for them to spin back up. Is this bad for the drives though?

 

[imported_rod]

I dont know for sure, but I've heard that if you are continually turning them on and off, it's bad for them. Although I think it's fine to have them turn off if they're going to stay off for a decent amount of time (i.e. overnight), but Im not certain. See what other ppl say.

RoD

 

[0roo0roo]

balance of wasting power and constant wear vs start and stop wear. go with saving power.

 

[EULA]

most hardware (moving parts) failures will occur on startup. If you don't use the drives often, go ahead and turn them off. No sense running em for nothing.