* Matthew Sackman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Could I just ask, why do you want to enable spin down? > > Hard discs consume the most power on start up. They also undergo the > greatest stress when spinning up. Therefore, if your disks keep having > to spin up, then you are actually not saving anywhere as much energy as > you suspect, and you are also reducing the life expectancy of your > disks.
Also, if you spin down an old disc, it may not spin back up again -- something about grease in the bearings solidifying when the temperature goes down, IIRC. Dima -- One distinguishing characteristic of BOFHen is attention deficit disorder. Put me in front of something boring and I can find a near-infinite number of really creative ways to bugger off. -- ADB