[Soekris] laptop hard drive and heat problems?

[Joel Jaeggli]

Martin Johnson wrote:

> The only 2.5" drives I've found that are rated for 24*7 use are the  
> Hitachi Travelstar E7K100, E5K160 and E5K250 ranges: see http://www.hitachigst.com 
>   (Products, Travelstar).  The E7K100 and E5K160 come in SATA or PATA,  
> but the E5K250 comes in SATA only.

fujitsu as a couple of 2.5" pruducts with 100% duty cycles and/or
extended operating ranges as well.

MHV2080BS - high duty cycle (older and near eol)

MHW2040AC - extreme environment (automotive)

MHW2120BK - high duty cycle (newer)


> The E7K100 is a 7200 rpm drive with at up to 100 GB capacity.  I have  
> one of these, and it seems to work well.  Unlike a laptop drive, it  
> does not keep spinning up and down when it gets idle - it just keeps  
> spinning the whole time.  The rationale is that this makes for greater  
> stability, but power consumption is still very low.  So it seems like  
> a good match for a low-power Soekris server.
> 
> I haven't found stock of the E5K160 or E5K250 drives so far, so I  
> wonder whether they are really available yet.  Has anyone found stock  
> of the 250 GB E5K250 drive?
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> - Martin.
> 
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