Recommended disk temperature?

freddan · Post by **freddan** » Sat May 31, 2003 9:58 am

Hi!

Got myself a 19" rack case for my studio and have made is as soundproof as I can. In 5,25" slots for the case I got one IDE drive and above one SCSI drive. Now I'm a bit worried about the temperature for the drives as they don't have any fans blowing air directly on them.

I've probed the temp above the SCSI disk and it ends up at just below 60C when working 100% for a long time. I wonder if this is far to high or acceptable?

/Freddan

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:12 am

I think it is too high. Your longterm data safety is probably lowered. Somewhere on Seagates site you can find an explanation between hard drive temperature and data safety/stability.

aMo · Post by **aMo** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:28 am

hmm.. thats very warm!

If you have 5.25" external drive-bays, I'd recommend getting removable harddisk-drawers, they are commonly used in rack's and servers, and have one or two small fans blowing air over the disk..

I read somewhere that it is not recommended using anything faster than a 5400rpm IDE drive without extra cooling...

freddan · Post by **freddan** » Sat May 31, 2003 10:35 am

Yep, but then I'll get more noise as well. I record vocals in the same room so the lower the noise...

I have a 3,5" bay for two drives above the motherboard. I guess they would be in a more open space sitting there and also get cooling from the front case fan. But then I have do drop my Innovibes

Will take a look at the Seagate site as well...

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Sat May 31, 2003 11:16 am

Do you have a spare 5.25 front? In that case, you can get a fan controller and controll the fan, wich cools the hard drive. A hanger like this one may help you

, but it may take some extra space below it :/

freddan · Post by **freddan** » Sat May 31, 2003 12:57 pm

I ran Speedfan now and it measures 52C in the ATA drive when it's idle.

Immanuel: Checked out Seagate but couldn't find the right articles. Did you have any good links?

I got one vibration damper per drive already, called Innovibes. Think they work OK.

http://www.gtek.se/index.php?mode=item& ... 30286a28e2

I also have a 5,25" slot free between the drives which I could use for some kind of cooling. Any suggestions?

kensuguro · Post by **kensuguro** » Sat May 31, 2003 1:47 pm

still leads me to the conclusion of limited motor spins... HD are spun by motors and each HD's motor can spin a limited number of times. So, it seems most logical to keep spin times low (on time low) and on top of that, keep the temperature low.

freddan · Post by **freddan** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:21 am

OK, made a modification to the case and added a 80mm fan that's blowing air directly on the 5,25" bay. Got the temp down to 45C in the ATA disk now.

Hopefully it will decrease even more when I probably change my SCSI for a S-ATA (maybe the Raptor if I hear good things about it).

aMo · Post by **aMo** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:06 am

http://www.siguardian.com/products/download.html

Download HDD Temperature program..
It will show exactly the temp of your HD..

Mine are running at approx 30c now..

freddan · Post by **freddan** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 9:04 am

Thanks aMo! They got some nice software there.

Got your Raptor yet? In sweden they are out of stock and a few weeks away. Haven't placed the order yet though...

aMo · Post by **aMo** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:55 am

I ordered the Raptor on Friday, but they didn't have it in stock here either, was supposed to come in today (to the dealers)..

But I haven't heard anything.. hmm