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Dying Hard Drive or PSU
From: ANT_THOMAS
13 Jan 2014 16:30
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Just bought a 3TB Seagate external drive that had a drive inside that (I think) costs about £10 more on its own. Put the 3TB in the server and maybe going to have the 1TB as some sort of spare external drive. Probably not an amazing idea as a backup drive if it's not reliable.
Is hard drives overheating a big issue? Because the 1TB was in the middle of a set of 5 hard drives.
From: ANT_THOMAS
13 Jan 2014 16:40
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Should I spread the bottom 5 hard drives out a bit better?
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
13 Jan 2014 16:52
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Either that or boost ventilation. # of drives does seem excessive to me, and an invitation to heat/psu issues. Are you just trying to eek out some extra life from old, small drives?
From: ANT_THOMAS
13 Jan 2014 17:08
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Depends what you class as small.
160GB (OS drive)
400GB
10GB (old server OS drive that has now been pulled)
500GB
500GB
3TB (was 1TB position)
2TB
2TB
I might get another 5.25 to 3.5 bracket and pop the 3TB at the top.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
13 Jan 2014 20:04
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In terms of what's on the store shelves currently, anything <1TB. I think they're cheap enough that you could replace the 4 small drives with one drive for an overall cooler and less power-hungry set up. Though you'd have to copy (and possibly reinstall) stuff, which is never fun. You could still use the small drives in usb for backups.
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
15 Jan 2014 07:49
To: ANT_THOMAS
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If I have to stack my drives like that I make sure to put a fan at the front so air can at least get pulled through and keep them somewhat cool. You might be able to find some software that will monitor/report the temperature of the drives.
From: ANT_THOMAS
15 Jan 2014 10:31
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
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Pretty much what I'm thinking. I've ordered a 5.25 to 3.25 bracket to move it up top and I'll stick a fan at the front and fan at the back in/out.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
15 Jan 2014 11:55
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
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I put a high cfm case fan on the side panel and pull off front drive bay covers. Also I do not stack a half-dozen drives.
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
15 Jan 2014 12:13
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
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Where is your sense of adventure?
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)
15 Jan 2014 19:26
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
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scattered across a couple dozen dead hard drives.