storagehound Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hello, I began noticing that my Parity drive began approaching temperatures of 45 - 46c. What is strange is the other drives in my array (minus my latest) seem to stay below 40c. My Parity drive is a 6TB HGST. I noticed that whether or not I have a fan on my server that Parity drive will shot up to 45c. My SSD Cache drive has occasionally gone up to 43c. It usually seems to that when I am working with virtual machines. On some of our really hot days (90f+ w/humidity) I am reluctant to use my server. But I have noticed it on a couple of days (High 70's/ Low 80's and low humidity) the Parity drive reaches those same questionable temperatures. When I notice this happening I've taken to manually spinning down the parity drive. Is there anything else I can check or should look into? Unfortunately I have no A/C in this room (the only place I can house it) right now. My server was provided by Limetech and the specs are below: Model: AVS-10/4-X-6 M/B: Supermicro - X10SL7-F CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz 7 drives including the Parity and Cache drive. Thank You... Link to comment
RobJ Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 While most of us do like to see cooler temps than that, the specs don't require it. If you check the manufacturers specs, I think you'll be surprised how high their operating range goes. And field tests, such as the big Google test and report, do not indicate any shorter life or other risks associated with running at higher temps. I think you're fine. Link to comment
thestewman Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hello, I began noticing that my Parity drive began approaching temperatures of 45 - 46c. What is strange is the other drives in my array (minus my latest) seem to stay below 40c. My Parity drive is a 6TB HGST. I noticed that whether or not I have a fan on my server that Parity drive will shot up to 45c. My SSD Cache drive has occasionally gone up to 43c. It usually seems to that when I am working with virtual machines. On some of our really hot days (90f+ w/humidity) I am reluctant to use my server. But I have noticed it on a couple of days (High 70's/ Low 80's and low humidity) the Parity drive reaches those same questionable temperatures. When I notice this happening I've taken to manually spinning down the parity drive. Is there anything else I can check or should look into? Unfortunately I have no A/C in this room (the only place I can house it) right now. My server was provided by Limetech and the specs are below: Model: AVS-10/4-X-6 M/B: Supermicro - X10SL7-F CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz 7 drives including the Parity and Cache drive. Thank You... HGST hard drives have been known to operate at higher than average temps than other manufacturers drives. The 6tb HGST drive spec Environmental (operating) Ambient temperature 5º to 60º C Link to comment
storagehound Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Thank you both. It's a bit unnerving to watch those drive temperatures continue to climb (even with fans blowing on them). I'll stress a little less and research the healthy temperature range on those drives. Link to comment
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