On Jun 22, 2007, at 2:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Pol Hallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi folks :-)
Which value hddtemp show? (about my ata disks, between 45-55 C)
Is it correct? Or I should worry?
45-55 C seems a little hot. They will probalby work for you but
your drives will probably die sooner than later. Either they are
too close together and/or you need more direct fans on your drives.
I think normal operating temps for drives is between 35 and 40 C.
perhaps check with your drive manufacturer and check the
recommended operating temps.
I looked up the specs for a Maxtor drive once and they gave 55 C as a
maximum recommended *ambient* temperature. I don't know what
internal temperature that corresponds to.
Conventional wisdom is that higher temperatures shorten disk life,
but IIRC Google did a study on their own drives and didn't find any
significant correlation.
David Brodbeck
Information Technology Specialist 3
Computational Linguistics
University of Washington
