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 1GDY15-0003VF-7F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:53:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7H2pmT0019649; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:51:48 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.224]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7H2nitg011814 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:49:44 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 69so68332wri for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:49:44 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WA0GN3y3tO4R/3rNkGtF6ricuPhgpqD1bXZK9ahbYxedWauo2Z/TDU6sPiFXLXm+k3pz4xe/5GLAVxy14dOTm3gXNWO06bbNGvV/HXOs6eKt7xeub6E+v4ZVgnVMlnxcK47s43fjmLdAIfogwbz+R+M7PUzr5jUkFfUjzdDKsIs= Received: by 10.49.41.18 with SMTP id t18mr1565372nfj; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.146.9 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:49:43 -0600 From: "Collins Richey" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} External hard-drive choice In-Reply-To: <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=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060815165335.GA1086@princeton.edu> <71e46d510608161022s7c6b4b75i45df429ecff2d69@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8c55ec84-bc9a-4db0-8713-44ce8293d8ff X-Archives-Hash: 19efa882d6fd7ad8b45d620a0a8f7b0c On 8/16/06, Ian Kabeary wrote: > > On 8/15/06, Collins Richey wrote: > > > > > > > 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. > ~Ian Ditto for mine - aluminum and not uncomforatablly warm. Since I only need it for backups, I'm sure everything will be OK. -- Collins Richey If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list