Use HDD Highest Temp

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Use HDD Highest Temp

Closed this issue 3 years ago · 5 comments

Hi there,

A mate and I have been playing with this script, and it works well, thanks for your effort!

We were wondering though, if it would be possible to change fan speed based on the drive with the highest temp instead of the average temp?

Often there is one or two drives that run hotter then the rest, but they get lost in the 'average' and end up staying above the threshold.

Thanks

Answer 1 · 2022-01-31T19:13:36.000Z

Hi,

Thanks for the proposal. It is an interesting idea.
My experience is that the airflow is not even for all HDs, and this might be the primary reason why they have different temperatures. You may want to improve this as well.
Let me think about how to implement this.
Cheers,

Peter

Answer 2 · 2022-01-31T22:13:01.000Z

Hi Peter,

Yes, definitely airflow plays a part in the temperature variation between hard drives.

I am using a Supermicro SC825 which has good fans and airflow, but there is still a variation of 6c between my eight spinning hard drives (38c on the coldest, 44c on the hottest).

I look forward to what you come up with :)

Answer 3 · 2022-02-05T22:13:04.000Z

Please take a look into this commit. It implements multiple ways of the temperature calculation for both HDs and CPUs.

Answer 4 · 2022-02-12T18:57:08.000Z

This feature request has been implemented in release v1.1.0.

Answer 5 · 2022-02-12T20:23:10.000Z

Nice work @petersulyok, unfortunately I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but will report back when I do.