[opensuse] Re: High Disk Temperatures

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Manon Metten wrote:

Hi David,

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM, David Baron wrote:

...

Got my new WDC800 disk up and running, LVM (fantastic tool!). 2.6.26-rt now boots without problems.

I have noted that during high disk access rates, the temperature of the WDC soars (from a 33c idle to up to 44c!). Such high temperatures are not desirable.

Quote from Wikipedia:

"A common misconception is that a colder hard drive will last longer than a hotter hard drive. The Google study seems to imply the reverse -- "lower temperatures are associated with higher failure rates". Hard drives with S.M.A.R.T.-reported average temperatures below 27 °C had failure rates worse than hard drives with the highest reported average temperature of 50 °C, failure rates at least twice as high as the optimum S.M.A.R.T.-reported temperature range of 36 °C to 47 °C."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive

Manon.

Hi It is just a single sample, but I have a WD 1600JD disk for 5 years now. Once, after 1 year or so it was so hot I burned my thumb on one. It still works perfectly, although I have added an 120mm fan to blow over my harddisks. Neil -- There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who cannot count ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org