[pchelpers] Re: How hot is to hot

Hi PcCowboy,

Saturday, May 26, 2007, 11:10:42 PM, you wrote:

P> I changed my Hd on my internet server from a IDE (which was going bad)
P> to a SATA.

P> I then notice that the drive was idling at 116f and 127f
P> when burning a cd.

P> I installed a HD fan and now its running at 86f and 96f under load.

P> What is a normal temp for a HD?

The manufacturer site probably has specs showing the recommended
operating range.

Two papers were put out recently, one by Google, which talk about the
effects of temperature on hard drive failure.
http://216.239.37.132/papers/disk_failures.pdf

See page 6, the graph shows that the temperature needs to be above
45C-46C before it starts significantly affecting failure rates. This
works out to 113F-115F, which is about what you'd expect on a hot
Texas day.

-- 
Scott.



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