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What temperature should I enter into software monitoring modern hard
drives, so that it gives me an alert when a normal operating
temperature has been exceeded?

Poking around on the web suggests that hard drives can run safely at
between 51 and 58 degrees C.

Am I right?

What should be considered a critical temperature?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:13:23 +1000, Richard Wright wrote:

>What temperature should I enter into software monitoring modern hard
>drives, so that it gives me an alert when a normal operating
>temperature has been exceeded?

If you can find a S.M.A.R.T (if your disks support it) monitor then the
thresholds should be built in (on the disks).

>Poking around on the web suggests that hard drives can run safely at
>between 51 and 58 degrees C.

Depends no so much if you are right but if the figures you have are from
the manufacturer or not.

So do you know what the current temps are? That's likely to be more
important how close / over you may already be.

For my setup, a full drive bay with 4 disks and 2 or 3 mm gaps between
them temps were in the low-mid 60's degC, which was most of the internal
heat in the case - mounting an 80mm fan (blowing on to the drives) just
behind the drives makes that a more respectable 25degC

>Am I right?
>
>What should be considered a critical temperature?

Not usually on the datasheet, so a good rule of thumb may be within 10%
of the rated max temp for normal use.

Me

"why?" <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote in message
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>
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:13:23 +1000, Richard Wright wrote:
>
> >What temperature should I enter into software monitoring modern hard
> >drives, so that it gives me an alert when a normal operating
> >temperature has been exceeded?
>
> If you can find a S.M.A.R.T (if your disks support it) monitor then the
> thresholds should be built in (on the disks).
>
> >Poking around on the web suggests that hard drives can run safely at
> >between 51 and 58 degrees C.
>
> Depends no so much if you are right but if the figures you have are from
> the manufacturer or not.
>
> So do you know what the current temps are? That's likely to be more
> important how close / over you may already be.
>
> For my setup, a full drive bay with 4 disks and 2 or 3 mm gaps between
> them temps were in the low-mid 60's degC, which was most of the internal
> heat in the case - mounting an 80mm fan (blowing on to the drives) just
> behind the drives makes that a more respectable 25degC
>
> >Am I right?
> >
> >What should be considered a critical temperature?
>
> Not usually on the datasheet, so a good rule of thumb may be within 10%
> of the rated max temp for normal use.
>
> Me

Be careful though if you have a CD or DVD burner near the drive(s). Those
darn things run HOT! Especailly when burning. I hear the DVD drives are
even hotter. Try one of those PCI card slot turbine blower fans or a couple
good case fans to cool things down if your HD is running hot and/or near a
CD burner.

NN

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:27:03 +0100, "ishaq.imhisen" <> wrote:

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32 deg C.


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