From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 20 14:13:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151AB158C0 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:13:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23331; Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:10:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:10:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Patrick Seal Cc: Kent Stewart , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard drive spindown (ORB, Castlewood) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Patrick Seal wrote: > No, this drive JUST CAME OUT less than a month ago. I do not have the > drive. I am quoting something said on slashdot > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/19/2021246 > > This is a removable drive that acts just like a real hard drive. > More information on ORB: http://www.castlewoodsystems.com/ > > I am asking because I want one, but It obviously would be nice to have it > spin down. This sounds more like a design fault. If the disks are ruined only after (14*24) 336 hours of usage, then there is something seriously wrong. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message