[geeks] SATA Drives and Delay Start

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Alois Hammer wrote:
> IIRC, quality RAID controllers (3Ware, for instance) can perform this
> feat.  Ask a salescritter to be sure.  If you wanted a cheap and easy
> way, like setting a jumper?  Sorry.

Ok.  I checked, and my controller, the Highpoint RocketRAID 2320, 
supports staggered spin, but I don't understand how it stops the drives 
from spinning up if it hasn't yet booted its own firmware.

Peace...  Sridhar