[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Have you looked at possible hazards in the immediate environment the
> system is in? ie, is it hot, is the drive close to a faulty power
> supply that gets real hot, etc...
> Is the system ever physically moved around or possibly on a desk that
> could get bumped alot. Sounds crazy but I have seen little things
> like these cause problems.
This is a _VERY_ good point, and I should have made a comment about it sooner.
I've seen (and had) many cases with inadequate ventilation for the number and
positioning of drives in the case. If you have multiple drives in a case, and
can do so, leave an empty drive space between two drives. If you can't do
this, look into alternative ways to push air across the drives. I had one
case that I used a CPU fan and glued it to the housing for the drives. Pluged
it into the internal power supply with the provided plug, and everything
worked fine.
Sometimes removing the bezels in the front of the case over the drive area
will help. Donnie Barnes once made a reference to the extremes they'd gone to
at Red Hat to keep drives cool; even removing bezels and mounting an extra
case fan over the opening on the front of the case.
Heat levels in your cases around the drives may be way higher than you realize
- and heat will toast a hard drive in a very short amount of time.
My ATX case has a power supply fan, a fan in the back pushing air out of the
case, and a fan in the front of the case, pushing air in. I've got the drives
well separated. It makes a difference.
best
rickf
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