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i have hard drives in docking stations always on and connected to my computer (since my computer has limited SATA ports)
all are dandy until i got my 2nd failed drive from the drives in my docking station
which begs me to ask, is it ok to keep using hard drive in vertical position? Or is this mechanically not healthy for hard drives and they are better off running horizontally situated?
Anecdotally a drive will survive a long time in any given orientation but old drives may get worn in particular ways from being used in a particular orientation. I had a drive that worked perfectly for 4 years in one orientation but failed within a week of being moved to another. A docking station may not be as secure as your case where it gets screwed in and so vibrations and things hitting your desk can be a concern for the docking station. – Mokubai – 2018-05-04T07:27:29.427