On Thu 02 Oct 2008, Loren M. Lang wrote: > I currently am doing nightly backups of my server onto two USB hard > drives that are rotated weekly. A nightly backup only takes 30-45 > minutes on average, but the USB drives are left plugged in and running > for a full week. The USB enclosures are usually quiet warm during the
I have a WD MyBook (the original version, when 500GB was the largest you could get) which spins down itself if idle for > 10 minutes. Spinup happens automatically upon any access, and linux doesn't seem to mind the short delay (I believe < 10s) while that's happening. I've measured the power usage when spun down, and it's about 2 watts which I find very good. Paul Slootman _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
