[j-nsp] atastandbyarmset & smartd

Paul Goyette pgoyette at juniper.net
Wed Feb 20 12:52:57 EST 2008


"Sleep time" improves the reliability of all hard drives
in use, including those rated for "extended duty".  

Paul Goyette
Juniper Networks Customer Service
JTAC Senior Escalation Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Daniel Roesen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:09 AM
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] atastandbyarmset & smartd
> Importance: High
> 
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 05:56:03AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > Adaptive Standby periodically puts the hard drive to "sleep" for
> > several minutes, buffering I/O activity in the kernel.  Without 
> > this sleep time, the hard drive (and therefore the entire Routing
> > Engine) could fail prematurely.
> 
> And this is still applicable to new hardware where JNPR hopefully
> deploys 24/7 rated disks? Or only to older REs equipped with
> "desktop PC usage" rated drives?
> 
> Best regards,
> Daniel
> 
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