Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:48:30 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: "aryeh.friedman@gmail.com" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case Message-ID: <4A810D6F-CB4A-41C0-90DC-D6F8EE192C36@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com>
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On 4 jan 2009, at 14:35, "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com > > >> Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk >> on >> it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's >> side >> squeezed into a rack) >> > > The ideal answer is 'no'. The 'safe' answer is 'possibly'. In other > words, I wouldn't do it personally, but I don't expect it to cause > harm. I'd suspect it'd be more succeptible to a head crash in a > vertical position. > > Most drives in an drive array are on their side, seems not to be any problem. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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