Justin,
     That is killer. There must be a steady flow of cool air over these=20
hard drives at all times. A few hours at a temperature that is too hot=20
to handle which is around 80 to 90C is enough to kill the drive. I am=20
going to use liquid cooling on my drives in my new SuperComputer.
Thanks,
rich!
P.S. I know from personal experience.
rich!

On 3/22/2016 6:33 AM, Justin Richards wrote:
>> On the other hand, I have quite a few WD external USB HDD over the years=
..
>> Right now I am using three 1TB 3.5" external drive and one 750GB 2.5"
>> USB drive. They are all about 3-5 years old but so far they are all good=
..
>>
>> I am curious, I have had very limited longevity from external/caddy usb
> drives.
>
> Are yours always on 24/7 ?
>
> I remember removing a hdd from a caddy shortly after power down and the h=
dd
> was too hot to handle.  Same drive installed internally always ran cool t=
o
> the touch.
>
> >From memory they were 2TB drives, maybe 3TB..

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