On Sunday 21 May 2006 16:57, Teresa and Dale wrote: > Joseph wrote: > >On Sun, 2006-05-21 at 16:17 +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > >>Dave Jones wrote: > >>>I've implemented the hddtemp service, and see that my HDs, one an IBM > >>>120GB, the other a Hitachi 120GB disk, run a steady 46 and 49 degrees C. > >>> > >>>This seems a bit too warm for my liking. > >>> > >>>Are these 'normal' running temperatures for these ATA 7200 RPM disks? > >>> > >>>Cheers, Dave > >> > >>Those temperatures seem a bit high for comfort. Try a fan or similar - > >>I've got 4 Maxtor 6E040L0's with a fan in front of 'em and hddtemp > >>reports 26-29 degrees C (These particular disks are known to run fairly > >>cool, so for yours I'd look for temperatures in the 30-39 range). > > > >My Maxtor 6Y120P0: 30 C (ATA drive - no fan - all open boxes) > >Maxtor SATA 200GB: 31 C (same open box) > > Well, this is what I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # hddtemp /dev/hda > > /dev/hda: Maxtor 6Y080P0: 34 C > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # hddtemp /dev/hdb > > /dev/hdb: WDC WD800BB-00DKA0: 35 C > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # > > Mine is in a case that has temp controlled fans. There is no coolers or > fans on the drives though. Case temp is 27C. >
and you too should start cooling your drives. Case fans are not sooo important, but cool drives are. Every degree temperature reduces the lifespan a lot. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
