Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Brian. I like your logic. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Backups > >> I use a WD external drive in its own enclosure, and I have never opened >> the enclosure. From a side vent, it appears that there is a cooling fan >> of some kind inside. Do bare drives, connected by the Vantec gadgets, >> work ok without cooling? > > Think about the shelf in your refrigerator that holds butter. > > First you build a house to keep you away from the cold world, and you heat > the house. > Then you buy a refrigerator to keep food away from the warm house, and you > cool the refrigerator. > Then inside the refrigerator there is a place for butter that is warmed to > keep it away from the cold refrigerator. > > Heat is mostly what kills electronics, including hard drives. And butter > too, I suppose. > > If you put the hard drive in an enclosure and you leave it on all of the > time, it will last longer if the enclosure contains a fan. > If the hard drive is not in an enclosure, then it's not going to get as > hot, but I wouldn't use the Vantec bare-drive connector for any hard drive > that I was going to leave turned on frequently. > > I leave an archival hard drive connected overnight while I'm copying to > it, and then I turn it on every couple of years to keep the spindle > lubrication from seizing up. It doesn't need to be cooled when it's not > turned on. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >