June 25, 20242 yr I am just looking for opinions and input. I am looking at adding a 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" hotswap bay adapter to my server. The unit I am looking at mounts the drives on their sides (so vertically). Just wondering what opinions are. All my drives are WD Red NAS drives (if that matters). I was googling this and found conflicting stories and some that mentioned that cooling may be adversly affected.
June 25, 20242 yr Never had issues with it. Cooling can suffer if you don't have a fan blowing on the drives in the unit.
June 25, 20242 yr Author Sweet! This unit does have an integrated fan so that should be good. Thanks for the input!
June 25, 20242 yr 4 minutes ago, DarB said: This unit does have an integrated fan so that should be good Be mindful that the rest of the fans in the case are assisting, not fighting it.
June 26, 20242 yr Author 6 hours ago, JonathanM said: Be mindful that the rest of the fans in the case are assisting, not fighting it. How would it fight it? Do you mean that they are not moving air in opposing directions (Sorry if this is a stupid question)?
June 26, 20242 yr 40 minutes ago, DarB said: How would it fight it? Do you mean that they are not moving air in opposing directions (Sorry if this is a stupid question)? If the disk enclosure fan is pulling air into the case, all other fans should be pushing air out of the case, and all passive (non-fan) openings should be taped off. You want all the air moving through the case to be forced over the hard drives first.
June 26, 20242 yr Author 32 minutes ago, JonathanM said: If the disk enclosure fan is pulling air into the case, all other fans should be pushing air out of the case, and all passive (non-fan) openings should be taped off. You want all the air moving through the case to be forced over the hard drives first. OK gotcha! Sorry... should have got that from your first post... Thanks!
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