how to spin down harddisk

[schweizer]

Hello all,
for a backup server (netware 6) with IDE and/or SCSI Harddisks we want to spin down / switch off a specific harddisk after haveing done the daliy backup job.

what i want to do is: 1) backup
2) dismount backup nss volume
3) deactivate pool
4) switch off harddisk

did anybody now how to switch off the harddisk with a nlm ??

peter

 

[marvhuffaker]

In "MONITOR.NLM", under "STORAGE DEVICES", you can deactivate a physical drive.

Whether or not that actually spins it down, I don't know.

I'm confused as to why you want to switch them off. In my career, i've never heard of anyone wanting to do that before.

Marv

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

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[ih8ex]

I wouldn't want to spin it down because depending on the mood of the hardware it may not spin back up when needed. I would just dismount/deactivate volumes myself.