Re: System cooling

I should point out that this is a workstation that acts as a server.
I've never had a problem with it. I was just surprised how hot the
drives were. I wish the system had an LCD display giving the drive temp
etc...

Maybe I'll get one of those drive fan things and see if it helps. I like
the ones that screw to the bottom of the drive.

Luke D wrote:
> Damien,
> I have a similar setup. Mine is a desktop with SATA drives and IDE, 2 are
> SATA drives but not in raid. One is IDE. My system is on all the time and my
> house is pretty warm. The drives are very hot and spaced every other so
> there is a blank space in between them. I also do a lot of video crunching
> at night. I have not had any problems, but if I had the money and time I
> would get some kind of colling device. Like Jim said "Cooler is gooder". You
> might want to look and see if there is any documentation on what is the
> ideal temperature range for your hard disk. I hope this helps.
>
> Luke
>
>
> On 12/5/06, Jim <jwadell@acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
>> Cooler is gooder, in my experience
>>
>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>
>>> Here's what I've got.
>>>
>>> 1. Server with SATA drives
>>> 1. 2 drives in a software RIAD setup
>>> 2. 1 drive by it self
>>> 2. It stays on all the time
>>> 3. I checked it today and noticed the drives are HOT
>>>
>>>
>>> I was at CompUSA today. Had to get a SATA card. I noticed there are all
>>> kinds of hard drive cooling options. One was a two fan deal that you
>>> attach to the bottom of the drive. I was thinking of getting a couple. I
>>> also noticed other cooling options for the system. I think the one I was
>>> looking at sucked hot air from the system and blew it out the back. I
>>> wasn't sure what to get so I didn't get anything.
>>>
>>> Questions
>>>
>>> 1. Do I need to get anything? ( maybe I don't )
>>> 2. If I do get something what should I get?
>>> 1. Hard drive cooling system of some kind
>>> 2. System cooling of some kind
>>>
>>>
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Received on Wed Dec 6 11:08:05 2006