From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 13:46:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84858106566C for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB1A8FC14 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LJTJN-0003Ty-Tp; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:46:37 +0100 Received: from [84.25.72.219] (helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LJTJC-00059q-UV; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:46:27 +0100 Received: from [192.168.13.81] (iPod.egypt.nl [192.168.13.81]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A1B39840; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:46:22 +0100 (CET) References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> Message-Id: <4A810D6F-CB4A-41C0-90DC-D6F8EE192C36@boosten.org> From: Peter Boosten To: Glen Barber In-Reply-To: <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPod Mail (5G77) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPod Mail 5G77) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:48:30 +0100 X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1LJTJC-00059q-UV X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.913, required 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, SPF_NEUTRAL 0.69) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: "aryeh.friedman@gmail.com" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:46:39 -0000 On 4 jan 2009, at 14:35, "Glen Barber" wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman > >> 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