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There are 2 strategies I use. The first is to use the Zalman heatpipe hard drive coolers in my server: http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=zm-2hc2 They only cool the drives a few degrees C, but they seem to provide excellent thermal and mechanical stability and the rubber mounting system is great for reducing noise and isolating from shock. Not much more expensive than a decent mounting kit. No moving parts, nothing to wear out. I once had a drive cooler with 2 small fans that was extremely loud and a dust magnet. These are much nicer. The most recent strategy is to use drives designed for heavy-duty 24/7 usage. See my recent post here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49407 -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50299 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
