JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

JE> Yes the 7200s do run hotter than the 5400 droves, but not all that
JE> much hotter. You might as well get used to it and add extra fans as
JE> all drives will soon be the 7200s.

I plan to add extra fans...

That box (the linux primary system) now has four fans in there,  the one on
the CPU,  the one in the power supply,  and two case fans.  What I should
probably do is take some tie-wraps and bundle up the wiring a little bit so
as to keep it out of the air flow.  

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