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

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics steve at priorityelectronics.com
Mon Aug 4 22:30:24 UTC 2008


>>> So after finding hddtemp, I was able to get the temps of my 
>drives, but
>>> only
>>> the internal ones:
>
>[calvin at www ~]# for n in a b c;do hddtemp /dev/sd$n;done
>/dev/sda: ST3500630AS: 38°C
>/dev/sdb: Hitachi HDS721075KLA330: 38°C
>/dev/sdc: Hitachi HDS721075KLA330: 38°C
>
>
>I have an Antec 120mm fan set to Low just in front of the drive cage,
>and another one in back.  The computer is out in the open, rather than
>inside a cabinet.
>
>Calvin


So this leads me back to part of my original post: 

Am I killing my drives by having their "idle" temp be 53C and 54C and "full
on HDD chugging" temp be around 63C?

-Thanks
-Steve




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