From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I power disk off?
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:27:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+edrE_ONd8TBpgD5EceKhoUNxbuLZPVfbdWCLLg83YMTqw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E8DFE1B.6060403@gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:14 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?
>
> Jarry
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Look into keywords such as 'Linux disk spin down' in Google. It
doesn't completely remove power but if your disks support it then it
does significantly reduce power consumed by the drive. I have no idea
what's actually in portage to make this easy.
HTH,
Mark
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mukesh/hacks/spindown/t1.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-06 19:29 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 [this message]
2011-10-06 19:34 ` Alex Schuster
2011-10-06 19:38 ` Paul Hartman
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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