On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Patrik Jonsson wrote: > mtbf seems to have an exponential dependence on temperature, so it pays > off to keep temp down. Exactly what temp you consider safe is > individual, but my drives only occasionally go above 40C. I had a pair (2 x Hitachi IDE 80GB) that ran in a sealed case at the top of a lift-shaft for 2 years. They averaged 55C... I never got to see the box after it was decomissioned... Gordon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
