William Smith wrote: >I have come across in letters from time to time >reference to a switch which enables you to turn or >have turned on HDs at different times so the power >drain isn't so great at startup. What, Where, How?? >Bill Smith > > > Some drives have this option. It is often done with jumpers. I just installed 4 9 gig SCA drives (80 pin) and they spin up at 12 second intervals using the SCSI id as the "multiplier." This means that id 0 starts right away and id 2 starts 24 seconds later.
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