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New RN314 3x4TB Question
Just bought a new RN314 because I couldn't upgrade my old Duo v1 past 2TB. I have 2x4TB Seagate Desktop ST4000DM000 drives and 1x4TB Seagate NAS HDD ST4000VN000, all 5900 rpm. Is there any benefit t...
The orientation of the bays (relative to the fan) probably does matter. I'm not sure how hotter drives would change the heat buildup across the chassis if the drives were identical, but if you have a mix, I know the hotter drives heat the cooler ones.
xeltros wrote: It is 4°c with my st4000vn000 in my RN104, but I assume that with disks that already generate more heat, the difference will be higher, letting them on the side may give identical temperatures across disks. This was just a suggestion, I'm not sure this will have any impact but that's just a thought that came to mind and didn't seem completely stupid ;)
The difference on my pro-6 is 8°c. I have a ST31500341AS in bay 1 that normally runs at 41°c and 5 WDC Reds, which run much cooler. The Seagate heats up the WDC red in the bay 2 to 38°c, the other 4 drives are 33-34°c. So the temp in bay 2 is halfway between the seagate temp and the other reds.
I think if I replaced the ST31500341AS with another red, the difference would be perhaps 2°c.
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