How long can i keep my external firewire drive on?

I moved my itunes and iphoto library to my new iomega ultramax 1tb. i usually keep my imac on for several days, only leaving it to energy save mode when i am not using it.
can i keep my drive always on as well?

Yes. You can keep it on. There is a setting in the +Energy Saver+ pane of Disk Utility to +Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible+. That would apply to the external drive, to save energy and reduce wear on the drive.

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