How so? While this HDD is new I’ve used an HDD as a second hard drive for my desktop and running Bitcoin core on my desktop for years without a hiccup.
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It’s not a guarantee it’s just as I said, moving physical parts can wear out more easily.
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/ssd-vs-hdd-hard-drive-difference
Definitely true, but even an HDD based node you have to replace every couple years or a 1TB pruned SSD node doesn’t feel like the end of the world. Maybe I’m missing something or oversimplifying.