[lug] Backup

[David L. Anselmi]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
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> I have been using Hitachi/IBM drives, and they seem to be quite solid.

I just had one of these fail, after 5 years of part-time use.

> I *HAVE* found cooling to be a problem in some cases.

The failed drive is hot now, when I'm recovering data from it.  I take 
that to be a symptom rather than a cause.  The case has 2 fans so 
although the drive doesn't get its own fan it shouldn't be any hotter 
than room temp.

Wonder if there's a SMART reading for temp?  Cool, there is--hddtemp, at 
least for drives recent enough to support it (mine is, thanks to the 
mentioned failure).

Dave