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My fileserver was having a major problem. With 7 drives in a mini-tower, the temperatures weren't pretty -- the drives would stay at 70-80C, sometimes too hot for me to touch. So I decided it needed some ventilation.

Front view:

Front view

Side view:

Side view

With those fans installed, the drives ran much better -- sometimes at 30C. I haven't had a drive die yet (these drives are 2+ years old). And if you noticed, this is the server, skuld, who's missing from the Systems page pictures.