[ILUG] Maxtor MaXLine+ II 250GB S-ATA - Overheating problem

[John Coleman]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 15:56:57 +0100, Barry O'Donovan <ilug at ihl.ucd.ie> wrote:
> On Wed 25 Aug 2004 15:48, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Thomas Pedoussaut wrote:
> > > Did you install smartd to control the temp of the disks themselves
> > > ? (Not sure if smartd works with s-ata)
> >
> > Depends on the driver. If an IDE layer (eg siimage), yes. If a libata
> > driver, not yet.
> 
> I have installed smartd but it didn't work "out of the box" - that's an
> issue I'll sort out now that I know the temperature is okay.
> 
> Just after e-mailing ILUG I discovered Maxtor have a support office
> based here in Dublin. They do run hot and the important thing is
> adequate cooling.
> 
> >
> > regards,
> > --
> > Paul Jakma    paul at clubi.ie   paul at jakma.org  Key ID: 64A2FF6A
> > Fortune:
> > Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at
> > different speeds.  A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
> >               -- Clive James
> 
> 
> 
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> Barry O'Donovan
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Barry, get yourself a proper tower case.
Doesn't ahve to be a full tower, but many chieftec/Antec models have
drive cages (3x3.5") which have 80mm brackets for case fans in the
front, specifically to blow air across the drives.

I'll be building a similar array soon (LSI Megaraid 150-6, 5-6x 250Gig
Hitachi Satas) so I'm interested to know your mileage :)

-- 
John Coleman
Technical Officer
NUIG, Computer Society