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by koolba 3319 days ago
I recall reading a google study that disks last longer and are more stable running hotter than usual.
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"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...

Reading the same study, I recall that higher temperate cause slightly more premature deaths (< 6 months), it makes no difference afterwards.