NAS placed in addic, can it deal with cold?

JohnnyViking wrote:
Anyway, my question really concerns the chilly conditions up there now that winter is approaching fast. It's basically outside temperatures in the addic.

From the Ultra Specifications @ http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=3962#T ... ifications

Environmental Compliance 0 to 40 C (32 to 104 F) 20% to 80% Humidity (non-condensing)

This means that ReadyNAS products are tested and certified to work at between 0-40C ambient temperature. So while specific components such as HDD & CPU may be reporting temperatures that are inline with their individual specifications, you may be putting your unit at risk if you place it where the ambient specification is not met.

Also bear in mind that if you were to shut the NAS down at some point, not immediately restarting it, even the HDDs may be operating out of spec for a while

Ultimately the choice is of course yours, but I personally would never take the risk of running fragile components like HDDs out of spec