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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I power disk off?
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:38:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEH5T2PFdpnVWQkcJyHJtoVv9rB+BYuZtnmmxssFjbZ-cFKhVg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E8DFE1B.6060403@gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my server I have a few disks which must be running 24/7,
> but I also have a single big hard-drive, which is used only
> for a few minutes every day, just for backups. How could I
> power disk off when not needed (and "on" again when needed)
> in order to save a little power and prolong its life?

Use hdparm to set the power-saving level. Also look into general
power-saving tips for linux laptop users which may help reduce
unnecessary accesses to that drive. Maybe even use laptop-mode-tools.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-06 19:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-06 19:14 [gentoo-user] How can I power disk off? Jarry
2011-10-06 19:27 ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-06 19:34 ` Alex Schuster
2011-10-06 19:38 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2011-10-06 19:44   ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-06 20:03     ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-06 20:21       ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-06 20:28         ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07  1:04           ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-07  1:14             ` Michael Mol
2011-10-07 13:19               ` Mark Knecht
2011-10-06 20:31         ` David W Noon
2011-10-06 20:56           ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-06 20:49         ` Paul Hartman
2011-10-06 19:41 ` Dale
2011-10-07  1:29 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-10-07  2:51   ` Paul Hartman

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