omg my poor seagates

hardc0re_tid · 8 Apr 2008 at 23:33

2x 500gb seagate 7200.11 arrived on friday 4th and they were fitted straight away.

they are in my home server and have been spinning away 24 hours a day until 10 mins ago when i felt how hot they were, i couldnt keep my finger on them or the samsung drive which is my os drive.

loaded up speed fan and it tells me that one drive is 49 and the other is 53!!! :eek:

now its my own fault, all 3 drives are in the one hdd cage with no airflow between or near them for that fact. i should have known better. at these temps how bad is this, will i have done damage to them?

PhillyDee · 8 Apr 2008 at 23:38

Doubt it, but its best to get a fan on the front. They will be fine at that temp, but I personally wouldnt recommend it. Get some airflow pronto.

hardc0re_tid · 8 Apr 2008 at 23:43

i have a kama bay cooler with 120mm fan. im going to mount the drives behind it when i get the chance.

you think 50c is ok??? i was always under the impression that hdds should be at no more than high 30's!

Greenlizard0 · 8 Apr 2008 at 23:44

Get a fan on them pronto. I lost 200GB or so in the summer of very valuable and personal data.

hardc0re_tid · 8 Apr 2008 at 23:48

this is the case they are in.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17840069&highlight=servalan&page=2

there is now a 120mm exhaust fan on the back now.

PhillyDee · 9 Apr 2008 at 00:06

A quick search says the maximum operating temp for hard drives is 60 Degrees. Of course, thats quite generalised. Still, get them behind that kama bay. Even at minimum airflow its enough.

snowdog · 9 Apr 2008 at 00:12

I think there was a test not too long ago that operating temp had nowt to do with the life of the hdd aslong as it's within specs. My seageates are always hot to the touch and I'm not rly worried. I'd say 50 is still fine, I'd start getting worried from 60 and up.

AbsenceJam · 9 Apr 2008 at 00:25

snowdog said:
I think there was a test not too long ago that operating temp had nowt to do with the life of the hdd aslong as it's within specs. My seageates are always hot to the touch and I'm not rly worried. I'd say 50 is still fine, I'd start getting worried from 60 and up.

That was a report by Google and it revealed that there's a little correlation between failure rates and temperature, but if anything excessively cooled drives fail more.

Sinopa · 9 Apr 2008 at 00:57

I expect the drives used by Google are operating 24/7/365 and so are at the same temp all the time.

A constant high (within spec) temp does less harm than repeated cycling of temp between cold and high (or even cold and medium), which is what most drives experience in domestic use.

bledd · 9 Apr 2008 at 09:40

as long as it's under 55-60 (try not to bunch them right next to each other, and maybe get something like a sharkoon 1000 fan on them (really slow, so silent, but will cool them down) ) i wouldn't worry, i'd worry more about keeping a backup, so if anything does go wrong, you've got spares

fobose · 9 Apr 2008 at 11:25

I've just mounted my 2 new WD 640GB's between 3 Seagates (2x 500 and 1 300GB), however I have a noctua 1200rpm fan blowing on them but as they are in RAID 1 and the 300GB isn't plugged in yet I cant tell the temps (300GB was always 28-32c depending on room temperature).

However I have ordered some scythe 3.5" to 5.25" mounts for my 2x 500GB to put them behind my scythe kama bay as I dont want all the extra heat from the HDD's going to my already hot 8800GT. Plus I am hoping it will help slighty with the noise of the seagates (damn 7200.9's !).