[rescue] ECC [was: Re: WOT: Ebay changes to IBM from Sun E10Kservers?]

[Sandwich Maker]

"From: Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com>
"
"When you stick a big-ass server with 4 power supplies on them though, 
"they tend to shit the bed - especially when all those drives start to 
"spin up.

that's why i always jumper my drives to spin up on first access.  yes,
it slows cold boots - but that's the point; it spreads the power surge
out and reduces strain on all the power supplies up the chain.

alternatively, it used to be possible to jumper drives to spin up at
<scsi_id> seconds after power-on.  haven't looked recently.
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