FWIW, I didn't see any data in the Google paper itself that supported the relationship you suggest - perhaps you'd point it out
All of which misses the point. Perhaps the correlation [except in the extreme] of heat to drive failure is low; but the COST of a 80mm fan is also low. The chances of getting in an automobile accident are [individually] very low each time I get into my car - but I always but on my seat belt because the inconvenience [cost] of using the seat belt is very low. If a $4 fan makes a very minor improvement in drive failure probability - then it is $4 well spent. And the "in the extreme" of this does matter. If the cooling at the data center fails you can get extreme temperatures quickly, in that situation the $4 fan helps to mitigate that extreme. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org