u.2 drive cooling?

[denywinarto]

Just ordered a p4610, and based on the what ive read here and from my experience with sn200, u.2 drive requires proper cooling.
Would it be a good idea to stick some kind of heatsink / fan on top of the drive?

 

[Evan]

Airflow rather than heatsink , doesn’t need to be a huge amount unless you have a number of drives close together. Also tne drives can be rather different idle vs heavy usage. (not exactly sure on p4610 but can’t imagine much different from other u.2 drives.)

 

[NathanM3]

Start with airflow and add a heatsink if needed, the p4610 is lower power draw than sn200 so should run cooler. I have an sn200 in my desktop and had to add a velociraptor heatsink to cool it. The same drive was fine in a server with a little air flow.

 

[denywinarto]

Hmm airflow is already good i think, with my server case i was getting 40-50ish temp, think i'm gonna stick a copper heatsink onto the drive and see if its make any difference..

 

[thulle]

I guess offline data retention isn't that much of an issue in an online server, but flash seems to enjoy slightly higher temperatures:

The Truth About SSD Data Retention

www.anandtech.com

 

[denywinarto]

I bought copper heatsink from aliexpress and stick it to the p4610, like this



I'm getting 35-38 temp readings, havent tested it under heavy load though

 

[Dreece]

I stuck a laptop heatpipe+fan on one not long ago for a client, works a treat, a huge selection of heatpipe+fan kits stripped from laptops on ebay for pennies, U2 drives prefer airflow directly across them, it is the manufacturers intended design for enterprise use-cases.

 

[bleomycin]

I bought copper heatsink from aliexpress and stick it to the p4610, like this
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I'm getting 35-38 temp readings, havent tested it under heavy load though

I know this is an old post but I'm curious how this worked out for you?