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On 10/08/18 10:46, Dale wrote: |
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> Wols Lists wrote: |
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>> On 08/08/18 04:43, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Howdy, |
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>>> I just bought two external drive enclosures. One is sort of a spare but |
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>>> .... |
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>>> It has power. I'm not sure where I'd put a fridge, even a tiny one. I |
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>>> wish it was twice as big as it is. Of course, I'd fill that up in no |
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>>> time too. Isn't that the way it works? ROFL |
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>>> I'm getting interesting ideas tho. Pondering that backup software |
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>>> option too. It has its pluses. ;-) |
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>>> Thanks. |
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>>> Dale |
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>>> :-) :-) |
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>>> |
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I would think the cost of setting it up and running a fridge would add |
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up to hard drive cost over a couple of years anyway (at least for what |
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we pay in Western Australia :) In a humid environment you would need to |
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be very careful of condensation, and a sealed system will still need a |
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way to transfer the heat as if the cooling fails, it will cook itself |
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very fast |
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I have the fans set to spin up faster at 35c and above. Without the |
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fans they sit around 45c on a typical day and use. I have found that in |
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an enclosure its just as important to have good conduction of heat |
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(disks mounted to the metal frame) and clear the heated air out of the |
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enclosure as flowing air over the disks. |
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Here it gets to 40c+ (>100F) and sometimes humid (not far from the |
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ocean). Cooling is fans only, and I have 4 WD Green, 2 WD red and two |
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seagates (all 2G, in 2x btrfs raid 10) and a few intel and samsung SSD's |
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(for bcache and system disks) that run ~16 hrs a day with no failures |
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for the last few years (~10). |
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Sometimes its better to play the odds. |
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BillK |