Monitoring Raid drive temps

JeffyB · 4 Dec 2008 at 18:06

Recently set up my first raid array but cannot see the temps of any of the drives in everest, is there a way to see the temps?

helmutcheese · 4 Dec 2008 at 18:11

Newest Speedfan builds claim to work on Raid now.

JeffyB · 4 Dec 2008 at 18:11

Thanks will give it a whirl

JeffyB · 4 Dec 2008 at 18:16

Hmm can't seem to see the raid temps on speedfan 4.37

jbloggs · 4 Dec 2008 at 21:59

I have not found any application that will give me the temps of my HDDs in RAID0 when on the ICHxR cont., althought I have a SATA RAID card, and the software that comes with it will give the temps when HDDs are in RAID...

Greenlizard0 · 5 Dec 2008 at 14:11

I have two drives in RAID0 and searched franticall for something that could monitor individual drive temperatures. I couldn't find anything, freeware, shareware or payware. :confused:

doc · 5 Dec 2008 at 22:14

This is a notoriously difficult subject for any RAID controller as the RAID chip masks the actual drives and only exposes the volume to the OS.

The only option I have found is to look in detail through the management software for your particular RAID controller. In there somewhere will be a menu to examine SMART status, which is invariably where they lump the drive temperature too.

Sorry I cannot be more specific as I never use onboard RAID as a plug in 3rd party card is always better, usually because of a dedicated RAID chip and some cache RAM.