[mythtv-users] BackBlaze hard drive study

[Raymond Wagner]

On 1/22/2014 8:21 AM, Jeff Breitner wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com 
> <mailto:raymond at wagnerrp.com>> wrote:
>
>     You don't have to take down an entire box.  The design is just a
>     dirty homebrew version of Sun's Thumper boxes.  The drives are
>     still on a backplane and hotswappable.  You merely have to slide
>     the machine out on its (very stout) rails and open the lid to
>     access the hotswap bays.
>
>
> That doesn't look any less clumsy if you expect to keep the box online 
> during drive replacements.  Now you need to assure proper cable 
> management for the 30" of service slack you'll need once every other 
> quarter to replace a drive.

Just bundle the wires into a braided sheath to prevent things getting 
snagged or tangled, let it hang down behind the rack, and give it a 
sliding weight to ensure it retracts into the hot aisle when you push 
the chassis in.
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