On 28 July 2010 08:12, Jon Reynolds <maill...@jcrdevelopments.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have set up an old laptop to act as a small home server at home, the > idea being that it is quiet and low powered to be left on basically > 24/7. > > Storage was an issue as I wanted it to act as a file server for music > and somewhere to store my photos, videos etc. So in the end I have 2 > external aluminium USB enclosures for 3.5" HDDs. > > The problem with this is that they are 'on' constantly as there doesn't > seem to be any way of powering them down after a period of inactivity. > Therefore they are HOT all the time and I am concerned this may be > killing them.
Broadly, heat doesn't kill drives, vibration does. Changes in heat are not good, though: warm but stable is not too bad. Put your external cases on legs so there is good airflow, maybe direct a fan across them when it's hot, or use cases with heatsinks or cooling fans. Citation: http://research.google.com/pubs/pub32774.html -- Liam Proven • Profile & links: http://www.google.com/profiles/lproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AIM/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
