[geeks] Dell T105 drive bay fan

[Phil Stracchino]

der Mouse wrote:
>> http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdf
> 
>> "Contrary to previously reported results, we found very little
>> correlation between failure rates and either elevated temperature or
>> activity levels."
> 
> Look at their temperature graph - those are drive-reported temperatures
> and thus temperatures at some ill-specified point internal to the
> drive.  Offhand, I'd say that even the hot end of their graph is
> probably still cool enough that I wouldn't worry about it - I've found
> drives in service on whose outer casings I didn't dare leave my finger
> for fear of injury.

*cough*cough*Barracuda*cough*

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