Re: hddtemp value

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Jun 22, 2007, at 2:03 PM, michael@estone.ca wrote:

Quoting Pol Hallen <debianen@fuckaround.org>:

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