[Gllug] Potential dodgy hard drive? What to do

[Andy Smith]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:13:47PM +0000, jane taylor wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:58:34 +0100 (BST), you wrote:
> ~   General rather than specific experience tells me that the larger the
> ~drive capacity the greater the need for adequate cooling of the drive, and
> ~the lower the temperature the longer the problem-free life. Computers
> ~specifically designed as long-life servers have large airflows past the
> ~drives.
> 
> Following on from this, I'd suggest popping the drive into a 5 1/4"
> bay so it's not too close to other HDDs

As well as the bay fans, there are also those drive caddies that can
be bought fairly cheaply which fit into a 5 1/4" bay and provide
power and extra cooling to a 3.5" HDD slotted into them.

-- 
simitzis /sim' - i - jees/ (n) an unpronounceable string of random letters
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