[mythtv-users] USB Hard Drive Lifespans and power usage question

[John Drescher]

> Drive /dev/sdc was doing some heavy file copying/backups from one of the usb
> drives, so it's temp is way higher than the others. The others 2 internal
> ones sda and sdb are sitting there idle.
>
> Does this temp seem way to high for hard drives? I have had sda and sdb for
> over a year now and have not encountered any issues, but I just want to make
> sure I'm not killing these drives with these temps. What kind of temps do my
> fellow myth users encounter?
>
Here is what I get at home. The room has AC but does not work well.

 # hddtemp /dev/sda
/dev/sda: ST3320620AS: 50 C
jmd1 ~ # hddtemp /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: ST3320620AS: 50 C
jmd1 ~ # hddtemp /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc: ST3320620AS: 49 C
jmd1 ~ # hddtemp /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: ST3320620AS: 42 C
jmd1 ~ #

John