Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:18:02 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> Cc: "aryeh.friedman@gmail.com" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case Message-ID: <20090104161802.GA68124@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4A810D6F-CB4A-41C0-90DC-D6F8EE192C36@boosten.org> References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> <4A810D6F-CB4A-41C0-90DC-D6F8EE192C36@boosten.org>
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On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 02:48:30PM +0100, Peter Boosten wrote: > > > 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. And if you ask the various harddisk manufacturers they will say "It will work fine. No problem." when asked if it matters if a disk is mounted horisontally or vertically or upside down. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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