Operate RN428 on its side?

Hi tim_t, when operating the RN428 sideways I would do that in a way, that the door opens up and not down, means the hinges should be at the top then and not at the bottom. I don't know how stable the hinges are and would fear that they could easily break off depending on how carefully the door is operated.

However, the heat might be distributed better operating it sideways and here is why I think that is: I'm operating an RN426 now for about 2 months with the same disks (HGST HDN726060ALE614) I had in older RN104 and RN204. While in the former the disks are oriented horizontally (in standard cases :-) in the latter they are vertically. Guess what, the temperatures were lower (about 3C) in the older nas than in the 428 ceteris paribus (environment, fan configuration etc). To me, that makes very much sense, because as heat is moving upwards I see the following temparatures in the pretty idle 428 at the moment:

Disk1 - 36

Disk2 - 38

Disk3 - 38

Disk4 - 37

Disk5 - 37

Disk6 - 36

So, operating the 428 sideways might result in a better situation regarding the heat is distributed within the box.

If would have been the developer I would have chosen to orientate the disks vertically anyways and would love to hear arguments, which support a preference to have the orientation the other way around.

When you will have operated your system in the intended way for a few weeks, it would be great hear some experiences form you about this.

Kind regards