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rowan · 10-15-2008, 05:11 PM

I noticed recently that the HD temperature reported by SMART on one of my servers is looking kinda high. There are two identical drives in the server and over the past 24h the temp of each has ranged from 45-50C. A few months ago the drive temps were at 40C, which makes me wonder whether it's a data centre cooling issue.

If I'm reading the SMART values right the "maximum" temp threshhold is set to trip above 55C, so it's not far off.

At another host a similar set of drives (same brand and capacity) is currently 32C.

Thoughts?

10-15-2008, 05:11 PM
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	Hard drives... how hot is too hot? At one host a drive is 50C! I noticed recently that the HD temperature reported by SMART on one of my servers is looking kinda high. There are two identical drives in the server and over the past 24h the temp of each has ranged from 45-50C. A few months ago the drive temps were at 40C, which makes me wonder whether it's a data centre cooling issue. If I'm reading the SMART values right the "maximum" temp threshhold is set to trip above 55C, so it's not far off. At another host a similar set of drives (same brand and capacity) is currently 32C. Thoughts?