Re: Apple Disk Server Beta. Need testers.

[Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com>]

On Jan 5, 2:21 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> David Schmidt wrote:
> > Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention: one speedup that ADT client
> > does (but not ADTPro - too lazy so far) is it starts the drive motor a
> > little while before it is needed.  That avoids the spin-up delay once a
> > full buffer is ready to write and lets you start writing much more
> > quickly.  So, during inflate, if there's a point where you're
> > "almost-done," one loop left to go or whatever, hit the motoron switch.
>
> For reliable operation, the motor should be started about a second
> before the disk is required to be up to speed.
>
> -michael
>
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What about 10 seconds before?  Is more OK?