Vertical or Horizontal?

Hessian

Hessian

Hessian

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I know a number of cases allow you to place your Hard Drives either horizontal or vertical, I was just wondering which is the best way round? I would have thought horizontal would be best to keep the disc flat. But you tell me?

- Hessian
 
Double post!! :@ Can someone delete this one? Forums were REALLY slow just then :o
 
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Yup it doesnt matter which way you have them mounted.

I am sure your posts count has doubled since last week helmutcheese :eek: You spammer you ;)
 
fobose said:
I am sure your posts count has doubled since last week helmutcheese :eek: You spammer you ;)
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Says the double poster . . . :p

I think cooling is more important. Dont want them getting too warm now. mavity doesnt affect them.
 
PhillyDee said:
Says the double poster . . . :p

I think cooling is more important. Dont want them getting too warm now. mavity doesnt affect them.
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There was some form of study that was carried out and I think it was on the BBC website. It was a year or so ago so my memory isnt recalling it word for word, but from what I remember, it concluded that the ambient temperature in which the hard disk is operated in does not effect its lifespan.

FWIW though, I have been watercooling my hard disks for the last 3yrs because some hard disks' PCB get so hot that you cant even place your finger on it; this cannot be good.

Oh and I see that helmutcheese and fobose seem to have some form of history with spamming and double posting. Very amusing. :D
 
sunama said:
There was some form of study that was carried out and I think it was on the BBC website. It was a year or so ago so my memory isnt recalling it word for word, but from what I remember, it concluded that the ambient temperature in which the hard disk is operated in does not effect its lifespan.
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I remember reading the same thing, I think it was a study carried out by Google using their massive RAID arrays of average-sized disks. If you think about it, a hard drive is mostly mechanical with a little heat dependant control circuitry that wont be anywhere as sensitive as a CPU.

As for the original question, as long as the drive is stable and secure, be different and go for vertical!

PK!
 
It doesn't make a lot of difference but from what I know once the drive is in one orientation it is best to just leave it like that and obviously don't move it while it is on. :)
 
I would go with wich ever way gives you the best air flow in your case - but if you aint got a fan at the front it dont really matter.
 
I would have thought that mounting the drive vertically would be better IF there is a space between each drive. The space would allow for better air circulation.
 
i allways have mine horizontally so the air blows through them like so

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