Re: HD Temp



CWO Dave Mann wrote:
I am running KSensors and see that /dev/hda is running between 106 and
108 degrees F. When I umount the temp drops slightly, but never below 104.

KSensor doesn't seem to be able to read the sensors from /dev/sda -- a
10K Rpm drive, so I don't have any comparisons.

Looking at the temp ranges of operation on the Maxtor web site, it seems
that this is slightly high although in a "safe" window.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? Maybe one of those strap on fan units
for the /dev ???


Cheers,

Dave

I have 4 10,000rpm Ultra/320 SCSI hard drives and two 7,200 rpm EIDE hard
drives. The EIDE drives do not report temperature, but the SCSI ones do.

Below are the readings gathered over the last 24 hours. The SCSI drives are
in the top of the case that is separated from the bottom by a metal plate
with some moderate size holes for cables and air to get through.

In the bottom are three intake fans (120mm, 80mm, and 40mm) and one exhaust
fan (90mm) that all run at full speed. Also the motherboard with two 90 watt
Xeon processors, and the two EIDE drives.

In the top are the power supply (with two 80mm exhaust fans in series, whose
speed is controlled by the temperature), one 80 mm exhaust fan under it that
is temperature controlled and normally runs rather slowly). Also the four
SCSI hard drives, a CD-ROM drive and a floppy drives (both seldom used) and
a VXA-2 magnetic tape drive (used an hour or so every night).

The drives are near the front of the case, and the power supply is at the
rear. There are two additional 80mm constant speed intake fans blowing on
the SCSI drives on one side and two 80mm temperature controlled exhaust fans
on the other side.

I also run the sensors package and have it print every 15 minutes. The
latest one says, in part,:

CPU0 fan: 3516 RPM (min = 375 RPM, div = 8)
CPU1 fan: 2410 RPM (min = 375 RPM, div = 8)
System: +41 C
CPU0: +57.0C
CPU1: +55.0C

This room is not air conditioned, so it gets hotter in the summer, and the
CPU fan speeds can get up to a little over 6000 rpm. But the processors do
not seem to go over 65C. That is good, because INTEL say they should NEVER
exceed 70C.

These temperatures are in Celsius.
/dev/sda :
3 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 38 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 38 degrees since last reading
3 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 39 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed 2 degrees to 40 degrees since last reading

/dev/sdb :
3 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 37 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 38 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 37 degrees since last reading
4 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 38 degrees since last reading
2 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 39 degrees since last reading

/dev/sdc :
1 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 36 degrees since last reading
2 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 37 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 38 degrees since last reading

/dev/sdd :
1 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 35 degrees since last reading
1 Time(s): Temperature changed -1 degrees to 36 degrees since last reading
2 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 36 degrees since last reading
2 Time(s): Temperature changed 1 degrees to 37 degrees since last reading


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