Hi!
I need 3 relatively cheap PCs with the following requirements:
I've always been told that for mechanical drives too much cooling shortens life span due to worse lubrication: a single fan extracting hot air seems to be enough to keep temperature in the optimal range. But I'm worried it won't be enough in this situation.
I need 3 relatively cheap PCs with the following requirements:
- 2 x 6 TB HDDs with ZFS mirror on each PC
- Operating in rooms without air conditioning (West Europe: ~ 30 °C in summer)
- Periodic scrubbing and eventually resilvering
I've always been told that for mechanical drives too much cooling shortens life span due to worse lubrication: a single fan extracting hot air seems to be enough to keep temperature in the optimal range. But I'm worried it won't be enough in this situation.