Determining Hard Drive Temperature with hddtemp
Hard drive temperature is a major factor contributing to the life expectancy of your hard drives. hddtemp is a stand alone server that monitors the temperature of your drives. Using apt-get, type in sudo apt-get install hddtemp. Answer the questions from the installation as default and you are ready to check out how hot your drives are getting throughout the day. hddtemp operates on port number 7634, which is viewed in your browser as http://localhost:7634/.
If you need to configure hddtemp, enter dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp and you are prompted with your configuration options. The home page for hddtemp is http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php.
During a hot day, my hard drives heat up to 43C. The night brings temperatures of around 30C. Various forums and sites around the web state that tower-based hard drives can have a long and healthy life span if temperatures stay below 50C.
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