about remove hard-disks from NetApp AFF-A250 storage for physical relocation of NetApp storage

[Rocky35018]

Dear all,

There is one NetApp AFF-A250 storage which contain 2 nodes.

There are 8 hard-disks among the 2 nodes, with each node containing 4 hard-disks.

The software version of NetApp AFF-A250 storage = NetApp Release 9.12.1 P2

The NetApp AFF-A250 storage will be physically relocated from one location to another location.

Would it be advisable to remove the eight hard-disks from the NetApp AFF-A250 storage system to reduce its weight during the physical relocation of the NetApp storage ?

Then, we can add the 8 hard-disks into the NetApp AFF-A250 storage after physical relocation.

Thanks very much !

[TMACMD · Accepted solution]

You should be ok. You do want to leave something in every slot for chassis stability, either a disk or a blank. 
plus they are a solid state, no moving parts to worry about

[SpindleNinja]

Can't say I've ever done it,  but it's doable.  

Though, can 8 drives really save that much weight?  rough math using hwu info show's it about 7oz a drive x 8 drives 56oz / 3.5 lbs.   on a system that weights ~50lbs. 

[Sanaman]

You can relocate them with the disks, we did relocate one last year (B site of a metro). As long as professionally un-racked and re-racked (for continued NetApp support)