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December 31

Closeness of HDD

I was transferring files from one eternal HDD to another, something I have done before. Both were located within a few centimetres (about 5 cm (2.0 in)) of each other. My son saw them and said that having them that close together would slow down the transfer progress. But thinking of the way multiple HDD are mounted in computers and docking stations I find this to be very unlikely. Of course there may be some thing inside the plastic that would have this effect. Any truth in this? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 00:27, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While it's not unthinkable that some interference could result, I can't think of a mechanism that would cause substantial interference in a situation like that. Were they both in their respective enclosures and not touching?

In a certain sense, the closer the better, because that would afford use of shorter cabling. Long cables and extenders are frequently a source of noise, drop-outs, and signaling errors. Elizium23 (talk) 02:37, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They were using the cables they came with and running through the desktop. Both in their original enclosures and separated. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 02:58, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]