Environmental Burden Reduction; Eco-Mode; Figure 3.10 Eco-Mode Overview - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60 S3 Overview Manual

Chapter 3 Functions
3.5

Environmental Burden Reduction

3.5 Environmental Burden Reduction
The ETERNUS DX has energy and power savings that reduce CO2 emissions and lessen the burden on the
environment.
3.5.1

Eco-mode

Eco-mode is a function that reduces power consumption for limited access disks by stopping the disks rota-
tion during specified periods or by powering off the disks.
An overview of the Eco-mode is shown below.

Figure 3.10 Eco-mode Overview

Working phase
(12:00 to 24:00)
SAS disks
Nearline SAS disks
Disks stopped
Disk spin-up
12
Off
PM
Backup
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Backup phase Disk spin-down
12
Off On
5
AM
(0:00 to 5:00)
SAS disks
Nearline SAS disks
Disks spinning
Control linked to operation
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Working phase
12
Off
AM
(5:00 to 12:00)
SAS disks
Nearline SAS disks
Disks stopped
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