3. Using the drive guides to help you orient the disks, carefully load each disk drive into a drive slot. Make
sure that each disk is fully seated and that the drive ejection handles are flat against each drive.
Figure 3-14: Loading a disk drive (Nexsan E18X top; Nexsan E32X bottom)
CAUTION
: For Nexsan E32X Storage Systems, if you are installing fewer than 16 drives per
drawer, the slots without drives MUST have blank drive carriers in them in order to maintain
optimal drive and Nexsan Storage System cooling efficiency.
CAUTION
: For Nexsan E18X Storage Expansions, where possible, always load disk drives in
stacks of three. Leaving large gaps between disk drives decreases cooling efficiency and may
result in some disk drives overheating.
Tip
You can mix SAS and SATA drives, and drives with different speeds in the same drive drawer, but
it is recommended that all SAS drives are loaded towards the front of the drawer, with the SATA drives
behind the SAS drives, and faster drives in front of slower ones.
Chapter 3: Installing the Nexsan Storage System
Nexsan E18X and Nexsan E32X
Installation Guide
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