[Klug-general] eSATA

[Stuart Buckland]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 17:48 +0100, Karl Lattimer wrote:
> I wouldn't like to see one actually. SATA Drives get very hot, in one 8
> disk array we have, without an air conditioned room and a set of 3 high
> speed fans drawing air continuously across the drives they get so hot
> that you can't touch the case without burning yourself (I have some
> scars if you'd like to see them). 
> 
> Anything larger than 2 in an external enclosure will probably overheat
> very quickly, and I can't imagine that any available enclosures have
> adequate cooling, I'd say that drive failure rates are high in any such
> setups.
> 
> my 2c
> 

Like everything that particular issue can be overcome by good design.
In some parts of the country the company I work for have shelves with 14
SATA drives without any issues from heat.  Granted they are in well
maintained data centres.  Those are well beyond my budget to replace NAS
setup at home though.

I'd be surprised if SATA drives are any hotter than PATA or SCSI drives
but I can't say I've ever bothered looking into it.

Stu

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Stuart Buckland <stuart at nightime.org.uk>