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Re:Google Cloud Platform Launches Northern Virginia Region by koolba on Thursday May 11, 2017 @07:14AM (#14315200)
I recall reading a google study that disks last longer and are more stable running hotter than usual.
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Re:Google Cloud Platform Launches Northern Virginia Region by l1n on Thursday May 11, 2017 @08:15AM (#14315447)
"After looking at data on over 34,000 drives, I found that overall there is no correlation between temperature and failure rate."

From BackBlaze: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-temperature-does-i...

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Re:Google Cloud Platform Launches Northern Virginia Region by user5994461 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @11:42AM (#14316896)
Reading the same study, I recall that higher temperate cause slightly more premature deaths (< 6 months), it makes no difference afterwards.
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