HBA Card Temperatures - Data Requested

[joeschmuck]

I have seen a few requests in the not so distant past where people are looking to build a system and have been asking about the high temps of many of the HBAs and looking for data on those HBAs such as temps of the heatsink and then throughput. I would think the throughput data could be retrived from the manufacturers website and these folks could do some legwork to figure this out however the temps need some real use data.

So I thought I'd start a thread which would ask for volunteers to provide some data, and any other data you feel shoudl be provided:

1) Make/Model of HBA
2) How many drives are connected to the HBA
3) Idle Temp of Heastsink
4) Scrub (or heavy use) Temp of Heatsink
5) Any specifics on active airflow across the heatsink during the readings or if there is an adjacent card next to the HBA restricting good airflow.

Cheers,
-Mark

 

[wblock]

I've never seen any other than the one I did: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/dell-h200-versus-h310-heat.45822/

Tests listed were done with only one drive connected, but with small 40mm fans directly attached to the heatsink. There were no other cards nearby.

Edit: results, both with 40mm fans attached to the heatsinks:

Dell H200 with LSI firmware:
Idle: 88.5C
In use with one drive: can't recall

Dell H310 with LSI firmware:
Idle: 26.8C
In use with one drive: 35-38C

 

[m0nkey_]

1) Make/Model of HBA
2) How many drives are connected to the HBA
3) Idle Temp of Heastsink
4) Scrub (or heavy use) Temp of Heatsink
5) Any specifics on active airflow across the heatsink during the readings or if there is an adjacent card next to the HBA restricting good airflow.

1. LSI 9240-4i cross flashed to 9211
2. Three SSDs
3. Unknown, is there a way to pull this from the system somehow?
4. Same as point 3.
5. No special airflow, just one 140mm fan at the front of the case, no other cards adjacent.

 

[snaptec]

If it will help:

1. M1015
2. 24 drives
3. don't know, always under load
4. 46C
5. Just the passive cooling on the HBA. SC846 case, 10gbe Card 2 slots away, all fans active and running, sure its noisy. 19C in the Rack.
?6?. 29-32 C on all HDDs

 

[MatthewSteinhoff]

need some real use data

1. LSI SAS9207-4i4e

2. Twelve

3/4. 102 °F at the fins - the drives are never idle, always receiving security video

5. Ambient room temperature is 65. The overall case interior is much lower, high 70s, low 80s. The case is a Supermicro SC826E16-R1200LPB and we've overstuffed in a way that was never intended by the manufacturer. Our X520-DA2 10G NIC is 105-110 °F at the fins.

You can see pretty pictures here.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[joeschmuck]

1. IOCREST SI-PEX40062 (x2 cards)
2. Three Drives per Card (can handle four drives but I have them split evenly to maximize the PCIe buss throughput.)
3. 127F (53C) Idle (just sitting around not doing anthing)
4. 136F (58C) After running Scrub for ~10 minutes.
5. Abient room temperature is 70F (21C). No specific air flow across the heatsink.

So it looks like the heat on this tiny heatsink is petty hot. I'm sure that I could remove the current heatsink and attach a larger one but I don't feel it's required for my case. I used an IR thermometer to take my readings and there is a +/- 3% accuracy according to the manual which is typical. As for my HBA cards, I doubt many people will use them but if they do, well they will have an idea on the temp specs.

 

[joeschmuck]

3. Unknown, is there a way to pull this from the system somehow?
4. Same as point 3.

I don't know if there is a place to digitally read this in the computer, I used an IR thermometer.

 

[fx24]

I don't know if there is a place to digitally read this in the computer, I used an IR thermometer.

Thanks for the idea. Grabbing one on Amazon right now. I'll soon know what 2 HBA cards next to each other are aggregating between them!

 

[CookiesLikeWhoa]

1: LSI 9207-8i
2: 16 HDDs and 8 SSDs
3: Room ambient of 20c idle temp of 40c | Room ambient of 27 idle temp or 46c
4: 52c
5: Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX attached directly to the heat sink + passive air flow from the fans on the HDD's.

The Noctua is literally taped to the heat sink with a double sided sticky pad. It works so well, is completely silent and reliable. I also have one stuck to the expander and to my Intel X520-DA2 in there.

 

[fx24]

Norco 4224 case

Ambient room temp: 21c Ambient room temp: 23c
LSI 9201-16i - 16 drives connected - idle 34c, scrub 48c
LSI 9211-8i - 8 drives connected - idle 32c, scrub 50c

A 92mm fan (Noctua NF-A9x14) is blowing directly onto the 9211-8i from the side and a 120mm fan (Noctua PF12) placed above both of them.

This is the first time I've ever gauged the HBAs under load and I am pleased with the results. All drives are at a cool 36-39c during scrub as well.

 

[rosabox]

1) IBM M1015 crossflashed to LSI SAS9220-8i
2) 4 drives on one port
3) 35 °C
4) 50 °C
5) almost no clearance above the heatsink, so I made a custom fanduct from a plastic sheet, 120mm fan set to medium speed
I was also considering a PrimeCooler PC-SYSB(C)

 

[TXAG26]

1) Make/Model of HBA

• LSI 2308 (onboard & PCIe card)

2) How many drives are connected to the HBA

• 8

3) Idle Temp of Heastsink

• Unsure, but hot to the touch.

4) Scrub (or heavy use) Temp of Heatsink

• Unsure, but uncomfortably hot to the touch.

5) Any specifics on active airflow across the heatsink during the readings or if there is an adjacent card next to the HBA restricting good airflow.

• I have quiet 40mm or 60mm fans zip-tied to the heatsinks, even the 2308 on the X10SL7-F motherboard. The fans run somewhere between 1,500-3,000 rpm. I think all HBA chips need a little bit of direct airflow to stay in a healthy temperature range. Nothing scientific, but my systems feel more "stable" with the HBA heatsinks actively cooled.

 

[Constantin]

1. Onboard LSI 2116 with OEM heat sink (Machined Al extrusion w/2 screws holding it diagonally).
2. 8 SATA HDDs
3. 41*C on idle for LSI HBA chip, 31*C for CPU. Ambient about 24*C.
4. 43*C for LSI HBA on scrub. Interestingly, the CPU (D-1537) shows a much wider temperature range - rising to 43*C on scrub
5. A multitude of fans running the stock supermicro "Heavy IO" setting
   • 3 120mm Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans suck air into case across HDDs
   • 1 120mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM exhausts from case
   • 2 120mm Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM push air across motherboard
   • 1 120mm Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM with 120-50mm adapter dedicated to blow air into CPU HX (still working on sealing that)
   • 1 30mm (?) low-profile fan pilfered from Enzotech heat sink cooling the SAS chip HX.

I have a dedicated temp controller for the HDD fans that keeps the HDDs pretty much at 29-33*C. Some have more air flow than others.

I may experiment, by buying another 120mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM and using a pair to push air across the motherboard while putting the more-powerful 120mm Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 in as a an exhaust. Doing a better job of sealing the interface between the adapter and the stock CPU heat sink should force a lot more air across the fins and improve cooling.