[SunRescue] Re: expensive paperweights

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dave Reader wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 30 May 2001, Matthew Haas wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dan Debertin wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=205-4108
> > >
> > > $25 for 9GB ... I just bought two and am taking an opportunity to get to
> > > know DiskSuite. They are remarkably quiet, but very hot.
> > >
> > >
> > 
> >  I've also seen these drives going fairly inexpensively, and was
> > considering purchasing one for use in a PC (external case)... aside from
> > running hot, would one want to trust a drive like this?
> 
> They run cooler than modern 3.5" drives. Modern 3.5" drives /require/
> forced-air cooling.

You mean, the fact that I have an 8 gig drive, a 2 gig drive, a 30gig
drive, a zip drive, and a floppy all next to each other in a case that has
only two fans (CPU fan and PS fan) is a bad idea?  Even if I put a fan in
front of the drives, there is no room between them for airflow.  

Back when I was using a 486 as a file server, I didn't pack the drives
together at all, but still the cases airflow was so poorly designed (the
drive brackets were placed in dead zones), I had a drive die every 6
months or so.  In the end I had to leave the case off to keep the machine
alive.

I hate this current case.  I hate all my current cases.  They are all
ugly, and they all have poor airflow, especially considering that I want
my machines packed with periphs.  Maybe I will be able to scrape together
the cash to replace them...

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Joshua Boyd