Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:48:24 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: IDE/raid performance |
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It's fairly common in SCSI raid setups, however I've never seen it for IDE. Nick
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Kent Borg wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:27:22AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > From my analysis with 3Ware at 32 drive configurations, you really > > need to power the drives from a separate power supply is you have > > more than 16 devices. They really suck the power during initial > > spinup. > > It seems an obvious help would be to have the option of spinning up > the drives one at a time at 2-3 second intervals. I know a fast drive > doesn't get up to speed in 3 seconds, but the nastiest draw is going > to be over by then. > > A machine with 32 drives is pretty serious stuff and probably isn't > booting in a few seconds anyway--another 60-some seconds might be a > desirable option. > > Does this exist anywhere? Would it have to be a BIOS feature? > > > -kb >
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