[Info-vax] unused SAS SFF disk spin status?

glen herrmannsfeldt gah at ugcs.caltech.edu
Fri Aug 19 14:57:06 EDT 2011


Rod <rregier at dymaxion.ca> wrote:

(snip)
> I would like to maximize the life of this "standby" SAS SFF spare
> drive.  What is the spin status of such a drive when it is not mounted
> by OpenVMS in the running RX2660?  Will I be forced to have the front-
> access drive pulled to keep it spun down when not needed?

What is the MTBF for the drive?

-- glen



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