On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:41:18AM +0300, s.g. wrote:
According to smartctl -a, the temperature of the encrypted drives is ~59C.
The temperature of the unencrypted drive is, however, ~41C, according to
the same smartctl -a.
The CPU has to work extra hard to encrypt/decrypt, and it is
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Subject: Re: GELI encryption and HDD critical temperature
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:41:18AM +0300
Hi,
this problem is caused by how the drives are installed in the machine.
Can you add a fan?
Erich
s.g. wrote:
Guys,
I notice occasional overheating of my GELI-encrypted hard drives
followed by the reboot.
This happens when there is heavy activity on the drive - eg when trying
to dump
Guys,
I notice occasional overheating of my GELI-encrypted hard drives
followed by the reboot.
This happens when there is heavy activity on the drive - eg when trying
to dump partitions.
There are 4 drives i have, three encrypted and fourth is plaintext.
According to smartctl -a, the
