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From: Can Jeuleers <can.jeuleers@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Sleepy drives and MD RAID 6
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:55:47 +0200
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On 08/12/2014 03:21 AM, Larkin Lowrey wrote:
> Also, leaving spin-up to the controller is
> also not so hot since some controllers spin-up the drives sequentially
> rather than in parallel.

Sequential spin-up is a feature to some, because it avoids large power
spikes.