On 18/03/2010 16:45, Joachim Otahal wrote:

[...]  You should take care of the temperature of the drives,
30°C to 35°C is preferred, above 35°C the lifespan goes down, over 40°C 
rapidly down.

Do you have a reference for this? Most drives' operating temperature 
range is specified up to 55°C, sometimes higher for enterprise drives, 
without any indication (apart from common sense perhaps) that running 
them this hot reduces lifespan.

Cheers,

John.

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