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Somebody might be able to correct me on this but I believe that BackBlaze's vaults use vertically mounted drives, so that might be some useful data to apply to
by VectorLock 6y ago
Somebody might be able to correct me on this but I believe that BackBlaze's vaults use vertically mounted drives, so that might be some useful data to apply to answer that question.
- dolphin2x 6y agoIf Andy is watching this thread, I'd love to hear if he explored this topic previously. For what it's worth, a bunch of server OEMs sell top-loading storage servers, eg. https://www.servethehome.com/dell-emc-poweredge-xe7100-100-drive-top-loading-storage-server/ https://www.servethehome.com/dell-emc-poweredge-xe7100-100-d...
- rektide 6y agoPlease, Backblaze, for science, install some racks lying on their side. :)
- guenthert 6y agoBackBlaze was not alone (not sure who was first) to mount drives vertically. Xyratex did that in the near-line storage units (e.g. RS-4835), as did Hitachi and others. Once you've seen them, it's the obvious choice to maximize the number of 3.5" drives in a rack (~48drives in a 4U chassis). Heavy beasts though -- you want a lift to mount them. Don't know about relative reliability to horizontal mounts, but afair the drive manufacturer recommends mounting either vertical or horizontal and we didn't observe any obvious issues.
- VectorLock 6y agoBackBlaze publishes good data, although I suppose that other manufacturers (such as Dell) make storage appliances with vertically mounted drives thats a data point that they at least think its okay-ish.