On a well-ventilated system with one or two HDDs, you probably don't need extra fans. But just check! All modern HDDs have built-in temperature sensors that are accessible via the SMART interface.
Two ways to get the HDD temperature on Linux are 'smartctl -v /dev/hda' (using the 'smartsuite' package) and 'hddtemp'. The former also gives a vendor-specific score based on a formula and firmware. The latter has a nice plugin for 'gkrellm'. Eran On 2003/01/08 17:51, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: > I don't have much experience or knowledge of this issue, so I'm asking here... > > Those new IDE hard drives that are sold today (40GB and up) with 7200 RPMS are > getting hot, as everyone knows (or felt).. > > So my question is - when a fan is needed, and what sort of fan? I've seen > those 3-fans that takes a 5.25" tray (where you can stick a CDROM drive) but > I don't know how much they're usefull (from my experience - they're not).. > > Same question about 2 100GB drives - how many fans and which ones? > > All drives are IDE, 7200 RPM speed.. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
