On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:14:48AM +0000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Aine Douglas thought:
>> Do the drives mount vertically or horizontally in your chasis, and
> does anyone know if that actually makes a difference to how a drive
> spins?
Based on the physics, it shouldn't matter. A vertical drive that is not
spun up will be 'hanging' on its bearing but, once it spins up it will
'float'. The heads are so light that there'll be no appreciable
gravitational effect on them. Now, changing a spinning drive from
horizontal to vertical might be a different matter...
Conor
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