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NAS Not all drives are equal - choosing the right drive for you
One of the most important decisions you will make when purchasing a NAS is the decision as to which drives to purchase to put in it. Indeed depending on which NAS model and which drives you buy you c...
There's an interesting study focused particularly on drive temps and failure rates here: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~gurumurthi/ ... mtos13.pdf
Figure 5 shows that drive failure rate climbs steadily as the average drive temperature rises. The figure suggests that the ideal drive temperature range is ~27-33C.
Figure 5 shows that drive failure rate climbs steadily as the average drive temperature rises. The figure suggests that the ideal drive temperature range is ~27-33C.
"""The figure suggests that the ideal drive temperature range is ~27-33C."""
yea with ambient room temp at 30 C can u tell me which readynas can maintain hd temp at 27-33C? i mean without air conditioner running.
cpu8088 wrote:
"""The figure suggests that the ideal drive temperature range is ~27-33C."""
yea with ambient room temp at 30 C can u tell me which readynas can maintain hd temp at 27-33C? i mean without air conditioner running.
As I'm sure you know, the readynas internal temp will always be ambient or higher.
Figure 5 in the link shows the impact of higher temps on disk failure rates as measured in the study. You can dismiss that data, or act on it - your choice.
Personally I've chosen WDC Reds partly because they are low in power consumption, and therefore run cooler. Most of my NAS are in my basement - not air conditioned, but usually cool even in summer. One is in my home office- in the summer the room air conditioner there is set to 30C when I am not working there. Disk spindown is also enabled.
Overall, disk temps might sometimes creep into the mid-30s, but generally they stay below 33C.
FWIW, I do wish Netgear would provide some knobs in the fan control, allowing people with power-hungry drives to run the fans more aggressively.
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