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Subject: Re: [H] Seagate drive died
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:41:15 -0400
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Seagate drive died
Thane, you also mentioned that most of the failures you see are in
big-vendor boxes...is it possible that those machines outfitted with WD's
JB
series drives are also mounted better, or ventilated better, or are fitted
with a better PSU? I don't know one way or another, just suggesting the
possibility that there could be additional variables at play here.
Naturally most all components function better in a large, well ventilated
case with an adequate power supply. Who but Dell is famous for omitting the
CPU fan in many models. They rely on shrouding the airflow through a rear
exhaust vent fan. That, along with the power supply fan makes a whopping
total of 2 fans in those Dells. Mine have 2 power supply fans, 2 case fans
and the CPU manufacturer's CPU fan, making a total of 5 fans.
Dell also uses the exact same design (passive heatsinks with vented airflow)
on their PowerEdge servers, but what do they know?
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