Hi guys,
Long-time lurker, first time poster. Realized HF has a much more active storage forum than where I usually post so here I am.
Recently purchased 2x Hitatchi 5K3000 3TB 5400rpm SATA3 drives. Using one in a 2-bay external eSATA enclosure (with an older 1TB) and another in my PC with another 1TB (so I have 4TB in tower, 4TB eSATA for back-up).
1) is 50c a safe operating temperature for the drive? I think the spec is 55c but that seems high. The reason it is running at 50c is the eSATA enclosure fan is broken and not spinning. The drives in my tower (7200RPM) run at 40-41c. One thing here is the enclosure will only be powered on for back-up on a weekly basis once I have everything setup the way I want.
2) Anyone know the approx. commercial lifecycle planned for the 5K3000 3TB? What I mean is, will they still be selling this drive 1-2 years from now? Hard to say I know, but I ask because I will likely buy 2 to 4 more of these down the road when I need more space and put them all in a NAS in a RAID config and of course I'd like to have identical drives for that. They were just introduced in the past few months so I imagine I will be able to buy them for a while.
Thanks!
Long-time lurker, first time poster. Realized HF has a much more active storage forum than where I usually post so here I am.
Recently purchased 2x Hitatchi 5K3000 3TB 5400rpm SATA3 drives. Using one in a 2-bay external eSATA enclosure (with an older 1TB) and another in my PC with another 1TB (so I have 4TB in tower, 4TB eSATA for back-up).
1) is 50c a safe operating temperature for the drive? I think the spec is 55c but that seems high. The reason it is running at 50c is the eSATA enclosure fan is broken and not spinning. The drives in my tower (7200RPM) run at 40-41c. One thing here is the enclosure will only be powered on for back-up on a weekly basis once I have everything setup the way I want.
2) Anyone know the approx. commercial lifecycle planned for the 5K3000 3TB? What I mean is, will they still be selling this drive 1-2 years from now? Hard to say I know, but I ask because I will likely buy 2 to 4 more of these down the road when I need more space and put them all in a NAS in a RAID config and of course I'd like to have identical drives for that. They were just introduced in the past few months so I imagine I will be able to buy them for a while.
Thanks!