5 Sep
2008
5 Sep
'08
6:54 a.m.
>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Dicks
<ethan.dicks at usap.gov> writes:
> Of course, having 100kg of ballast in the bottom
does give you the
> rather handy feature of making the rack not tip over and kill you
> when you pull a machine at the top...
Ethan> I've seen plenty of DEC cabinets with a couple hundred pounds
Ethan> of counterweight in the bottom _plus_ anti-tip feet.
Ethan> Fortunately, I've never had the pleasure of one tipping over
Ethan> on me, so I can understand why they do it.
There's a legend (possibly urban) that says you could make a whole row
of 3330 (?) drives topple over by sending them then "unload drive"
command all at the same time. That would spin down the drive and
extend the slide-out cabinet (so you could open the top lid). Drives
were bolted together for stability, but unloading the whole low would
defeat that -- supposedly.
Never got a chance to try it... :-)
paul