my case doesn't have as nice a setup. still, i think only one of my drive failures was because of overheating.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Harddisk MTBF IDE versus SCSI > When I designed the machine I set up the cooling system to ensure that all air > entering the system was forced across the drives as it's first point of entry. > I have one fan on the air intake and three exhaust so if any one (or even two) > fans fail there will still be adequate airflow for the system. The system > houses 6 drives and has been running constantly since 1997 (hence the limited > DMI support).

