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Pro tip: Don't write to disk when in the fridge, and don't leave your SSD's in the oven.

by majke 11y ago

whoopdedo 11y ago
That can be more difficult to do that you expect. The two primary uses of SSD is datacenter storage, where they can easily control the temperature, and portable devices, where you cannot. Unless you live some place like southern California, you're almost guaranteed to expose your SSD to extreme temperatures. Or if you're working in a commercial environment like a hot factory floor or cold food storage freezer. The lesson being until SSDs can be made more stable over temperature, you should assume local storage to be unsafe. Design systems with secure remote communication and store your data in environmentally controlled warehouses.
- DanBC 11y ago
  > where they can easily control the temperature, And importantly daya centres tend not to control the temperature for the electronics. Google used to have some warehouses with human accessible corridors (temerature controlled) and the machines (not temperature controlled). They released minimal details as part of their eco work. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/03/23/too-hot-for-humans-but-google-servers-keep-humming/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/03/23/too-h...
  - hinkley 11y ago
    All of the recent data center designs I've seen published have hot and cold aisles, where the AC is blowing into the aisles on the 'front' side of the racks, the racks suck in the cold air and spit it out the back. I've been in small server rooms that don't work this way and it feels like you're having hot flashes when you move around the room, and eventually someone puts a house fan in to even out the temperatures. (the aisle segregation isn't actually that new of an idea anyway. False floors with vent holes were created so that you could run the AC under the floor and have it pop up where you wanted to, and most of those holes are in front of racks. Also seems like a convenient place to drop screws and lose them forever.)
stephengillie 11y ago
Even better: Write in oven, store in fridge. What does this mean about leaving a laptop in a hot car for a week?
- ddingus 11y ago
  Don't do that. Other things happen to it besides the data loss potential. Or, stash it in the trunk. Gets hot in there too, but not so hot as the cab.

Pro tip: Don't write to disk when in the fridge, and don't leave your SSD's in the oven.

by majke 11y ago

Pro tip: Don't write to disk when in the fridge, and don't leave your SSD's in the oven.

That can be more difficult to do that you expect. The two primary uses of SSD is datacenter storage, where they can easily control the temperature, and portable devices, where you cannot. Unless you live some place like southern California, you're almost guaranteed to expose your SSD to extreme temperatures. Or if you're working in a commercial environment like a hot factory floor or cold food storage freezer. The lesson being until SSDs can be made more stable over temperature, you should assume local storage to be unsafe. Design systems with secure remote communication and store your data in environmentally controlled warehouses.

DanBC 11y ago
> where they can easily control the temperature, And importantly daya centres tend not to control the temperature for the electronics. Google used to have some warehouses with human accessible corridors (temerature controlled) and the machines (not temperature controlled). They released minimal details as part of their eco work. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/03/23/too-hot-for-humans-but-google-servers-keep-humming/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/03/23/too-h...
- hinkley 11y ago
  All of the recent data center designs I've seen published have hot and cold aisles, where the AC is blowing into the aisles on the 'front' side of the racks, the racks suck in the cold air and spit it out the back. I've been in small server rooms that don't work this way and it feels like you're having hot flashes when you move around the room, and eventually someone puts a house fan in to even out the temperatures. (the aisle segregation isn't actually that new of an idea anyway. False floors with vent holes were created so that you could run the AC under the floor and have it pop up where you wanted to, and most of those holes are in front of racks. Also seems like a convenient place to drop screws and lose them forever.)

stephengillie 11y ago

Even better: Write in oven, store in fridge. What does this mean about leaving a laptop in a hot car for a week?

ddingus 11y ago
Don't do that. Other things happen to it besides the data loss potential. Or, stash it in the trunk. Gets hot in there too, but not so hot as the cab.