This is interesting: that NAS ships with a Seagate ST3500320AS drive. Seagate lists minimum operating temp. to be 32°F.
Netgear must be allowing for the retained heat within the NAS case to provide the 32°F...sort of like what the present discussion has centered on, actually.
Thanks. The 45° figure came from a vendor of that NAS, not from Netgear...maybe a problem with conversion...
It's looking like I can ditch the heater entirely.
The heater will be thermostatically-controlled, and there will also be a thermostatically-controlled fan, using air ducted from outside the building to prevent Summer over-heating. The interior of the building runs at least 20°F above outdoor ambient on a sunny Summer afternoon.
It sounds like...
I expect this is a fairly mundane question for you folks, but it is way out of my field of expertise...
Background: I'm installing a small NAS file server in a building without heat...Winter minimum temperature inside the building will likely be near 0°F. The device requires a minimum operating...
