On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:33:55 +0200 Thomas Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It might help more to have the file-systems mounted with the noatime > option so that each read of a cached file doesn't cause disk access. I do this anyway, but it doesn't help, since there are many logs to which the system is writing anyway. (Still not found the time to try out the separate /var partition) > I would be interested to know how this kind of setup compares on > power-usage (really meausered), and power use by linux in general. > I've read (and don't remember at the moment where) that linux in low > used situations is much 'lighter' on the hardware and runs much cooler. I will do measurements when I get the disk to spin down, promised :-) > What I would find really useful was a write up on cases/drives that > didn't make such a racket. Don't buy seagate hard disks. I'm disappointed how hot and loud this new disk (an about 30MB disk) from seagate is I've bought lately. > That is the true reason I shutdown my computer > sometimes, the case is just too nosy. My coworker attached a big tube to the ventilation slot on the back of my desktop, since he thought it was too hot in the room because of this PC. So I thing it's not only a problem of noise :-) Christian.
