norco chenbro cases disk heat

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simplesam

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I have a chenbro 16 drive chassis. Looking at the norco 4220 chassis on newegg, the cases look nearly identical.
The hard drive trays on the chenbro are a tight fit, and the drives are packed together very tight. There appears to be no room for airflow. If these were 1u or 2u servers, i wouldn't be too concerned. But when the drives are packed 4 or 5 high, with no airflow, i start to wonder about heat dissipation.

When i'm loading drives in these chassis, it feels like a bad design. When drives are packed into these chassis 3+ drives high, it seems like the heat from the center drives has nowhere to go (no airflow).

While computer components have come a long way regarding reliability over the last ten years, it just feels wrong. In my experience, the two biggest enemies of computer components are heat and unregulated power.

Am I being paranoid?
Have hard drives advanced so far, that heat is not an issue for reliability?
 
i haven't filled my norco up yet so i can't say for a full case but my guess would be related to the fact the cases are so loud. the fans they use i beleive do their job if u don't mind the noise.


a lot of people are warned ahead of time about replacing the fans in them for that exact reason. with as many people that have said cases i haven't read any stories of heat failure.
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I have 17 drives total in my 4020, and I'm using the stock fans that came with the case. With those factors in mind my 'green' drives (WD and Samsung) stay around 27C and my Hitachi 7K1000.B's stay at 37C.
 
I have 20 Seagate 7200.11 1tb drives in norco 4020 using stock fans, drives don't go above 41 C
 
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