On 10/16/2010 6:07 AM, Seth Mos wrote: > Hi, > > Op 16 okt 2010, om 03:49 heeft Mehma Sarja het volgende geschreven: >> This is getting interesting, someone on the list mentions that 2.5" drives >> are not reliable for 24x7x365 situations - so are you using a 3.5" drive? My >> setup is at home as well and it is just not fan noise - we see MUCH more >> dust than a traditional server room. That fan is not going to last long. > > There are arguments back and forth about the use of notebook drives 24x7. > They are designed to withstand shocks, most of the time the disk head is > parked instead of flying over the platter.
Some people questioning the reliability probably hit this quirk[1] and didn't tweak their 2.5" drives in a production box. > The also perform admirably without ventilation, I havn't seen a notebook with > proper ventilation years. I've also seen plenty of laptop hdds overheat and die (or lose data) because they got too hot. > I think that all things considered the argument is moot. Pretty much, with adequate cooling and tweaking. Jim 1. http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,26626.0.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
