Do I need to be worried about these SMART drive temperatures?

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Published on 2014-06-03T00:59:32Z Indexed on 2014/06/03 3:31 UTC
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I have 5 hard drives in a machine sitting in a cupboard.

/dev/sda is a 500GB Seagate drive, and is the boot disk.
/dev/sd{b,c,d,e} are 2TB drives in a raid6 configuration.

smartctl is showing significantly higher temperatures (like ~140 degrees celsius) on the raid drives than the boot drive.

Do I need to be worried?

/dev/sdb and /dev/sde are new Western Digital Black drives (new=1 week)
/dev/sdc and /dev/sdd are 5 year old Hitachi drives

/dev/sda [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 40 to 39
/dev/sdc [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 142 to 146
/dev/sdc [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 146 to 142
/dev/sdd [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 142 to 146
/dev/sda [SAT], Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 61 to 62
/dev/sda [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 39 to 38
/dev/sde [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 107 to 108
/dev/sdb [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 108 to 109
/dev/sdc [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 146 to 150
/dev/sdc [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 146 to 150
/dev/sda [SAT], Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 62 to 61
/dev/sda [SAT], Temperature_Celsius changed from 38 to 39

Update:
Adding detailed drive information as per request:

/dev/sda
===========================
smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Pipeline HD 5900.2
Device Model:     ST3500312CS
Serial Number:    5VV47HXA
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 02aad5ad6
Firmware Version: SC13
User Capacity:    500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    5900 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 1.5 Gb/s (current: 1.5 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jun  3 10:54:11 2014 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

/dev/sdb
===========================
smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0
Serial Number:    WD-WMC1F1398726
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 003b8bd25
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jun  3 10:54:11 2014 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

/dev/sdc
===========================
smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000
Device Model:     Hitachi HDS723020BLA642
Serial Number:    MN1220F30WSTUD
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 369cc9f5d
Firmware Version: MN6OA580
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jun  3 10:54:11 2014 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

/dev/sdd
===========================
smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000
Device Model:     Hitachi HDS723020BLA642
Serial Number:    MN1220F30WST4D
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 369cc9f48
Firmware Version: MN6OA580
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.6, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 1.5 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jun  3 10:54:11 2014 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

/dev/sde
===========================
smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0
Serial Number:    WD-WMC1F1483782
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 3002d235c
Firmware Version: 01.01A01
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 1.5 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Tue Jun  3 10:54:11 2014 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

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