Learn from my mistakes-Raptor drives

[msterzer]

If any of you folks are planning to get a Raptor drive or have one, I can't stress enough how important cooling is for them. If you are using 2 in a RAID configuration, separate them as far apart as you can. Heat sinks and fans are almost a must. Please plan your cooling along with you Raptors. I killed three of them. Bad lesson to learn. It took 3-4 days to kill one running 24/7. Most of you folks are probably thinking, DUH! The rest of us dummies need help whenever it can be had. Hope I save some of you the problems I had. My case is big and has lots of fans. That is not enough. The Raptors require special treatment to live. They get real hot.

[Droppyale]

it's almost not worth it getting them then...

[in silico]

yeah. i agree...doesnt seem worth it then.

[Martoch]

BS! They're certainly worth getting...I've installed 2 systems using the Raptors and they run just fine with no special cooling or ice cube trays installed. However, I do not have them in a RAID configuration...but the systems are kept running 24/7. The A/C is on 24/7 as well...



Droppyale you big ol' Spammer!

[msterzer]

Remember the difference going from a 5400 RPM drive to a 7200 RPM drive was like? Well there you go. Thats all I can say about upgrading to a Raptor. I like it.

[phenious]

I run my HDD with RAID in it.. Each Hard drive has its own Bay cooler and a cooler mounted underneath. I cant see why Hard drives dont get specialy attentioin like a CPU... after the CPU I Consider my Hard drives the next most important thing. Without em all of my work goes bye bye... But of course... I learned to respect them the hard way as well

-: phenious :-

[thegladiatorgy]

Wow that's some serious overheating. I've got 2 RAID1 config with 4 7200RPM HD's in one system and it gets very hot. I can't touch the side of the hard drive for more than 5 secs or it will burn me. Plus it's loaded with 3 CD drives and another 7200RPM drive. It doesn't have any special cooling... only 2 case fans and is on all the time.

[Peter M]

Expect death soon. HDDs have a maximum case surface temperature of 50 to 55 degrees Celsius. The hotter they get, the sooner they die. Data retention is also affected, since magnetism doesn't like heat at all.

[thePh@r@oh]

Originally posted by msterzer
Remember the difference going from a 5400 RPM drive to a 7200 RPM drive was like? Well there you go. Thats all I can say about upgrading to a Raptor. I like it.

thats true i resurrected a rig for my brother(so he could write papers for school) and i had an extra 5G Bigfoot hard drive. it runs at like 3200rpm SLOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!. things actually stop and quit working from time to time.

[msterzer]

Just to update my original post. I reworked my cooling so I have airflow directly on the hard drives, hard drives are separated, one at the top in a 5 inch drive bay and one in the usual location and added 2 80 mm blowholes. Its been running 24/7 for almost three weeks and no problems. Lesson learned.