Re: Hard Drives: is Horizontal or Vertical Positioning Best?

Previously Curious George <cg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 03:01:41 GMT, Frazer Jolly Goodfellow
> <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>"shopping" <shopping@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>news:Vp-dnQpqvL_uii7eRVnyuA@xxxxxxxxx:
>>
>>>
>>> as long as its at a 90 degree to a side its ok
>>>
>>> i.e. either horizontal or vertical anyway up but NOT say 30
>>> degrees
>>>
>>> from an article i read years ago
>>>
>>I can only assume that is because drive manufacturers don't specify
>>their products for use in any other orientations, rather than any
>>firm evidence that such orientations adversely affect reliability or
>>performance. Otherwise deployment in transportation systems would
>>require some very sophisticated mountings to maintain those
>>orientations in practice.

> I had a case a while back, where mounting in 1 bay resulted in the
> drive being on a slight angle. The result was the drive running MUCH
> hotter than it should, and an overheating tape drive (when in the
> bay). This was not a cooling issue. Even though times have changed I
> still like to make sure drives aren't significantly off level, or
> perpendicular to it. Call it superstition but I just don't trust
> these motors on odd angles.

Likely bearing load, but I am surprised it should show that
strongly.

Arno
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