Which storage device is best for high heat environments?

[Elixer]

Well if you demand an SSD drive to be reliable when hot, then an automotive SSD is your best bet. Micron's M500IT series is rated to 85+C as they are designed to be stuck in hot car trunks in middle of hot summers and keep working. Probably isn't the fastest SSD around, but still faster than a HD..

https://www.micron.com/products/solid-state-storage/automotive-ssd#/

Hmm... this could work.

 

[Phynaz]

There's a washing machine in a 150 degree equipment closet? And they won't move their IT equipment out of there?

Personally I'd run away from that situation, you can't win.

 

[mrpiggy]

You make your pricing structures and guarantees based on the situation the customer can provide. As long as the customer isn't unreasonable, is informed that their technology environmental provisions aren't ideal, is willing to pay to overcome the weakness of location, and is happy with the quality of your solution/service, who gives a shit whether the stuff is placed in a closet oven or not.

The OP is looking to overcome a less than ideal technology environment and provide a reasonable solution. If others can afford to run away from good paying customers, they probably have never ever run their own business. These hard-to-fix customers are the kind that stick with you when you prove your mettle and do what the rest of the idiots say can't be done.

 

[h9826790]

I think SSD is a better choice (if cost is not an issue), even both the HDD and SSD rated at the same temperature, the SSD itself will generate less heat, which reduce the chance than the HDD itself heat up the environment and cause the temperature outside the envelope.

 

[BSim500]

Honestly, I'd do your best to explain it and then just walk away. Sticking a computer in a closed closet with washing machine and tumble dryer that increase ambient (intake) temps to 68c is just silly. The worst place to be in is in "recommending" an expensive enterprise grade SSD as being more "reliable" only for it to randomly fail too. There's also seriously questionable data retention when writing data at low temps and the storing it at high temps:-

"At 40°C active and 30°C power off temperature, a client SSD is set to retain data for 52 weeks i.e. one year. As the table shows, the data retention is proportional to active temperature and inversely proportional to power off temperature, meaning that a higher power off temperature will result in decreased retention. In a worst case scenario where the active temperature is only 25-30°C and power off is 55°C, the data retention can be as short as one week, which is what many sites have touted with their "data loss in matter of days" claims. Yes, it can technically happen, but not in typical client environment."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-retention

Also, it isn't just about the higher maximum temps but the higher humidity and heat cycles, ie, harsh up/down temp variations are bad for all electronics and far more likely to cause drives to randomly fail for reasons other than NAND failure (eg, SSD controller failure).

 

[Ranulf]

You make your pricing structures and guarantees based on the situation the customer can provide. As long as the customer isn't unreasonable, is informed that their technology environmental provisions aren't ideal, is willing to pay to overcome the weakness of location, and is happy with the quality of your solution/service, who gives a shit whether the stuff is placed in a closet oven or not.

The OP is looking to overcome a less than ideal technology environment and provide a reasonable solution. If others can afford to run away from good paying customers, they probably have never ever run their own business. These hard-to-fix customers are the kind that stick with you when you prove your mettle and do what the rest of the idiots say can't be done.

Even with an ideal client who understands the situation they could be more trouble than its worth. It could go either way.

 

[rchunter]

I don't even like my drives going over 40C. Can't imagine burning through hard drives like that. Must get expensive for them. I'd get a mini split ac in the room and try to pipe cool air in somehow to the cabinet with vortex inline duct fans etc...