Do EDA500 drives spin down?

[Sandshark]

Do the drives in an EDA500 spin down?  I notice that the temperature is unavailable on the drives in the RN516 when they are spun down.  But I never see that condition on the drives in my EDA500's.  Are the drives in the EDA500 ever spun down?  If not, is that intentional or a bug?

[Marc_V]

Hi @Sandshark

Disk spin down will not happen on the EDA expansion chassis as noted on this article.

Regards

[Sandshark]

OK.  So is "Disks in the EDA expansion chassis will not spin down for reliability and performance reasons." based on not being able to spin them up simultaneously via the port multiplier?

[Marc_V]

@Sandshark

Most probably that would be the case, to eliminate any issues with getting the disks back online or due to the eSATA connection.

Hope this helps!

Regards