Hi David, On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM, David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
