From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How can I power disk off?
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 01:29:48 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <j6lkmb$fch$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4E8DFE1B.6060403@gmail.com
On 2011-10-06, 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?
That prompts one to ask the question: Does spinning a drive up/down
every day lengthen or shorten it's life compared to having it on 24/7
(assuming the same number of seeks in both cases).
--
Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-07 1:31 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
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 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2011-10-07 2:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
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