Hi,

just built my second unRAID box. Waiting for the key to get all my disks up.

However I've got 3 disks in at present and I notice one of them is getting pretty warm.

It's sat around 82 degrees C as it's doing the parity sync at present. This seems pretty hot to me.

It's a Maxtor Diamond max, SATA, probably not the best drive. Just wondering how much/long it can

run like that?

 

I'm pretty sure each drive has its recommended Operating temp from the factory. So I guess it would depend on the drive.

 

However 82 does seem rather hot. I think one of the settings in one of the plugins there is a shut down for 40C.

 

You sure thats correct for the reading? You sure your not thinking 82F vs 82C

Hi,

just built my second unRAID box. Waiting for the key to get all my disks up.

However I've got 3 disks in at present and I notice one of them is getting pretty warm.

It's sat around 82 degrees C as it's doing the parity sync at present. This seems pretty hot to me.

It's a Maxtor Diamond max, SATA, probably not the best drive. Just wondering how much/long it can

run like that?

 

 

You need to lower the temp of the drive by 40C at least.  At 82C your drive is probably not going to last very long.

It's sat around 82 degrees C as it's doing the parity sync at present. This seems pretty hot to me.

Just wondering how much/long it can run like that?

 

Unless you plan to use this disk to cook some eggs, otherwise you should worry every second when it is staying at this temperature.

TRADE IN THE MAXTOR FOR A SEAGATE!!!!

 

Best thing about that terrible company being bought is Seagate upholds a warranty for Maxtors that they never really had. I have traded every one I have (even my two externals) through their RMA program for Seagates.

I am surprised it is running if that is an accurate temperature.

Do you have ventilation around the drive?

Is your case cover on?

Some cases are designed to ventilate correctly when the case cover is on.

 

If that is accurate it should be sizzling hot.

My 10,000RPM SCSI and SAS drives alarms go off at 55c.

82c is way too hot if that is accurate.

Hi,

just built my second unRAID box. Waiting for the key to get all my disks up.

However I've got 3 disks in at present and I notice one of them is getting pretty warm.

It's sat around 82 degrees C as it's doing the parity sync at present. This seems pretty hot to me.

It's a Maxtor Diamond max, SATA, probably not the best drive. Just wondering how much/long it can

run like that?

 

 

You need to lower the temp of the drive by 40C at least.  At 82C your drive is probably not going to last very long.

 

Well I've shut the box down, it was peaking at 84C, couldn't put my finger on it for more than a fraction of a second, also it

was heating up the other drives adjacent to it!

Slightly off original topic but am I right in thinking that my parity drive has to be identical in size or greater than my next biggest data disk?

 

TRADE IN THE MAXTOR FOR A SEAGATE!!!!

 

Best thing about that terrible company being bought is Seagate upholds a warranty for Maxtors that they never really had. I have traded every one I have (even my two externals) through their RMA program for Seagates.

 

I didn't know about that warranty/exchange.

I'll look in to it when it cools down enough to remove it!

Thanks

 

That temperature is above AMD's cpu recommendation and it's just silicone.  Yikes!

wow I did not know such temperature was even possible to achieve by a hard drive. I wonder how long they would last at that temperature.

My physics (thermodynamics) knowledge is really, really rusty, but someone else here can probably calculate an estimate of how many watts of power would be required to keep a hard drive at 82°C. I'd guess that may even be hotter than a 100 watt incandescent light bulb.

 

 

My physics (thermodynamics) knowledge is really, really rusty, but someone else here can probably calculate an estimate of how many watts of power would be required to keep a hard drive at 82°C. I'd guess that may even be hotter than a 100 watt incandescent light bulb.

 

Well, considering a 100w Bulb has the potential to get to 247 degrees celcius (depending on environmental variables), the chances of a drive meeting this temp is improbable.

 

But DAMN, 84 is still hot!!

When my machine was not completely put together I had a 80 or so mm fan laying around and I plugged it into one of the molex plugs and placed it on my parity drive because I knew it would get hot. 82C not even close.

Seagate recommends 60C max temperature for their hot 7200 drives and those are the pretty hottest drives around.