On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:12:45 -0500, Paul wrote:

Stan Brown wrote:
But since I have a detached garage, I wondered about
just storing the "off site" drive in the garage. The garage isn't
climate controlled, so the drive would be out of the weather but
subject to temperature fluctuations from 0°F to the 90s -- probably
not in the same day. :-)

The enclosure is not sealed.

Each drive has a breather hole.

As the temperature changes, the drive "breathes in and out".
A high humidity environment will eventually ruin the platters.

If you're going to do that, use an air tight enclosure,
and include desiccant packs inside the housing.

....

Find a storage space with better climate controls.

Thanks for the information, Paul. I'm glad I asked, because my house
isn't air conditioned either. The temperature variations are less,
about 68 - 90 °F, but it does get humid in the summer. So I guess
even the drive that's in the house needs to be packed better.

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