Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:35:26 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: "s.g." <grigorian@theconcept.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI encryption and HDD critical temperature Message-ID: <47BAA2DE.9080008@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <47BA962E.5060504@theconcept.ru> References: <47BA962E.5060504@theconcept.ru>
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Hi, this problem is caused by how the drives are installed in the machine. Can you add a fan? Erich s.g. wrote: > Guys, > I notice occasional overheating of my GELI-encrypted hard drives > followed by the reboot. > This happens when there is heavy activity on the drive - eg when trying > to dump partitions. > There are 4 drives i have, three encrypted and fourth is plaintext. > According to smartctl -a, the temperature of the encrypted drives is > ~59C. The temperature of the unencrypted drive is, however, ~41C, > according to the same smartctl -a. > All the four drives in question are Seagate ST3400620AS/3.AAC, GELI > encryption is default AES, no data authentication. This is on > 6.2-RELEASE-p8. > Am I right assuming GELI encryption is the reason for such a "global > warming"? > Thanks in advance, > > Grigorian > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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