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This, https://www.itprotoday.com/business-continuity/how-much-does-hard-disk-temperature-matter says:

5/50 C (41/122 F)

so while you're certainly hot, perhaps not quite yet at the boiling point (though given how hot you are, I wouldn't push it).

58c is what I hit during this latest mirror ...

Also, if you are stacking drives and not leaving a gap between them, don't do that xCSxXenon, 20 Nov 2022, 15:15

The drives are designed to stack. But constant reading/writing for hours will heat them up.

I have tried not stacking but it makes almost no difference in the drive temp

When i Sync it is normally 8-24 hours to complete with platter hard drives stacked on top of each other. So I have concerns about head buildup. I have an app that monitors smart attributes and when it alarms i come pause the sync but especially when i have to at some point sleep, it would be nice if ...