Hard Drives: is Horizontal or Vertical Positioning Best?

Hello all:

I'd just like to get your opinion: do you think it makes any difference
in the life-expectency of a hard drive whether you position it
horizontally or vertically? Which do you think is best?

I've noticed that on the boxes of many external hard drives, they show
the drive positioned vertically on a little stand enclosed for that
purpose. Presumably, this is more a space saver than anything, but
maybe it actually makes a performance difference.

Somehow it seems to me that horizontal positioning would be best since
the drive is symmetrical with respect to gravity. But maybe this is
not the right way to think about it.

Any thoughts or opinions on this matter would be appreciated.

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