From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GDYSi-0005Vr-8q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:22:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7H3KKvY018627; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:20:20 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice02.Princeton.EDU [128.112.130.38]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7H3IGvK000976 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:18:17 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k7H3IGjA022542 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:18:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k7H3IGc4003658 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:18:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43F6D5E895E; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:19:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:19:18 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice Message-ID: <20060817031918.GA18705@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20060815165335.GA1086@princeton.edu> <71e46d510608161022s7c6b4b75i45df429ecff2d69@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 83d1924f-4692-4a2e-ab37-9a7abd5ff204 X-Archives-Hash: faf89556b3960c5e7480c2d9b0dc2c0e On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 08:49:43PM -0600, Penguin Lover Collins Richey squawked: > >> According to the drive enclosure advertisements, > >> metal case is better for heat dissipation, but I have no hard > >> evidence. These units have the "standard" external AC->DC chunky > >> blocks. > > > >My enclosure is made of aluminum. Supposedly, you dont need a fan with an > >aluminum case. I was quite skeptical as I have seen a lot of other > >enclosures use fans, but while it does get rather warm, like the underside > >of a modern notebook, I have not had any issues with hard drives failing / > >being damaged / etc. Its a Vantec Nexstar 3. > > Ditto for mine - aluminum and not uncomforatablly warm. Since I only > need it for backups, I'm sure everything will be OK. Again, thanks for all the feed back. I received my Nexstar 3 today with a Seagate Barrucuda 320G harddrive. So far it works like a charm: after backing up my entire system, a process that took roughly 6 hours, the drive was barely lukewarm, so I trust that it will have no issues in the future with heat dissipation. W -- The NY Symphony and Schwarzenegger Enterprises have merged. Their new logo reads: "I'll Be Bach, Will You Be Haydn?". Sortir en Pantoufles: up 21 days, 6:20 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list