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Re: hddtemp value



On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:10:11PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2007-06-22 14:03:10, schrieb michael@estone.ca:
> > 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  
> 
> All of my HDD's are running nearly @ 49°C since years even with heavy
> 120mm cooling fans.  My SATA WD Raptor are even hotter. arround 58°C.
> 
> My fivetyn WD800BB and eight Samsung SP802N are running since over 3
> years without any problems between 48 and 60 ¬C, e.g. my FileServer:
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> 
> You will get only 35-40°C if you do not use the Disks and they only
> spining.

By comparision with a fileserver: 

My Athlon64 with dual Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA drives (raid1) under
normal desktop use run at about 27C.

Doug.



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