[mythtv-users] HDHR in harsh enviroments

[Mike Perkins]

Brian Wood wrote:
> 
> Remember the old days of the CDC removable disk packs? They suggested having 
> them sit in the new environment for 24 hours to get to the new temperature 
> and minimize drive warpage which could cause crashes. of course those 
> platters were considerably larger than the 3.5" ones used today.
> 
Not just warpage - condensation was also a big problem. Consider that even the 
smallest drop of moisture was bigger than the head/platter gap... Seen 'em sweat 
a couple of times we had new disks delivered.

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Mike Perkins