> On Thu, Jul 21, 2005, Daniel Weuthen wrote: > > [..] > > > > > Now, it would be nice if it would be possible to spin down the disks > > > after usage. > > > > I don't think so, because of my understanding on physics, the stress to > > material is higher when the temperature is changing, than at a constant > > level. spinning up an down would mean that during backup the temperature > > of the drives are rising to go down afterwards. > > Well, six of the seven drives would be unused for one week, when i > understood your concept. When they are unnecessarily running they waste > a lot of power and generate a lot of unnecssary heat.
I don't think that this is measurable in mid size data center. -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen / with kind regards Daniel Weuthen ------------------------------------------------------------------- Megabit Informationstechnik GmbH Karstr.25 41068 Moenchengladbach Tel: 02161/308980 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ftp://megabit.net Fax: 02161/3089818 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://megabit.net -------------------------------------------------------------------
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