> On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 09:35, Antony Gelberg wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've recently built my first ever server with a pre-compiled kernel >> (2.6.4 >> from backports.org). I had two 160GB SATA disks which both failed after >> only >> a couple of months. I found this extremely strange, unless they were >> from a bad batch (not likely in this day and age). They've gone back to >> my supplier as faulty anyway. >> >> One thing I did notice is that the disks were rather hot, abnormally >> imo. >> The server is hardly stressed, as it's pretty much providing DNS, SMTP, >> and IMAP for all of one user! :) Motherboard is an ASUS A7N8X. >> >> What I am wondering is, is there some type of power saving mode / >> setting that I might have missed, a module perhaps? Or do these new >> fangled disks just run very hot? I've replaced them with two Samsung >> 160GB PATAs, and they're quite warm after only an hour or so, but >> admittedly they are doing a RAID sync. > > I'm guessing you're using 7200 RPM or better disks. I've never seen a > 7200 RPM disk that didn't run rather warm. Some get hotter than others, > but they're all rather hot. I have, in the last 10 months, replaced 5 > drives, all of which failed within about a month of getting them. I was > also having some heat issues with the computer in general. I added two > more case fans and got a couple of hard drive heatsinks. They're copper, > about the same size as a drive, and have two fans on the bottom. They > attach to the bottom of the drive and have an in-line power coupler that > you can put between the power supply and the drive itself. I got them > for $10 (US) a piece and since then have not had a single drive failure > or heat problem. YMMV of course.
Sounds good. What brand and model of heatsink do you use? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
