I've got 2 mac mini's in my data center doing outbound mail - the ambient inlet temp is in the 71-74 degree F range and snmp reports the outlet temp is only about 90 degrees - an air temperature change of 20 degrees F seems to be the average so, with high end tolerances above 110 you could get away with 90+ degree F inlet. Ours have regular notebook harddrives and don't get too hot. Again, I'm just using them to send out mail, not a whole lot of reading going on, but S.M.A.R.T. is reporting that the drive temperature averages 86 degrees F.
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