[mythtv-users] Western Digital Red for Myth

[Thomas Börkel]

HI!

On 24.08.2013 18:51, Stephen Worthington wrote:

> Actually, I thought that the Google analysis of their drives showed
> that the temperature did not affect the longevity as long as the
> maximum temperature rating of the drive was not exceeded.  Up until
> that report, everybody just seems to have assumed that higher
> temperatures are worse for drives, but that actually seems to be a
> myth according to Google's results.

My experience and one of my friend's with lots of hard drives (and lots
of deaths)  is different. Running them cooler seems to really make a
difference in life time. "Cooler" meaning 10 degrees celsius cooler.

Regards,
Thomas