Maxtor Meltdown: Does Heavy Rendering Stress Drives? at DVinfo.net

James Emory · March 1st, 2006, 08:01 AM

I have had another catastrophic failure with my Maxtor 300 GB drive but this time it is drive related and fatal. The other occurance was only software related and I got my data back. Anyway, since I have been performing ALOT of rendering and compression for streaming media over the last few months, I couldn't help but suspect that this may produce stress loads on hard drives. Is this true?

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Robert M Wright · March 1st, 2006, 01:33 PM

Make sure the hard drive is getting good airflow for cooling. I like to mount hard drives in front of a chassis fan, so they get lots of airflow. When buying a case, I look for designs that place the hard drive cage right in front of a fan in the front of the chassis.

March 1st, 2006, 08:01 AM	#1
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Maxtor Meltdown: Does Heavy Rendering Stress Drives? I have had another catastrophic failure with my Maxtor 300 GB drive but this time it is drive related and fatal. The other occurance was only software related and I got my data back. Anyway, since I have been performing ALOT of rendering and compression for streaming media over the last few months, I couldn't help but suspect that this may produce stress loads on hard drives. Is this true? Relative Thread - Post #6 www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=58226

March 1st, 2006, 01:33 PM	#2
Robert M Wright Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota (USA) Posts: 2,171	Make sure the hard drive is getting good airflow for cooling. I like to mount hard drives in front of a chassis fan, so they get lots of airflow. When buying a case, I look for designs that place the hard drive cage right in front of a fan in the front of the chassis.