Say, I've been meaning to install ataidle for awhile, as my server handles approximately 3-5 requests for cvs per 24 hours, and I'm a pragmatic believer in the dangers of global warming, and I've never had a disk go bad on my old w2k systems, even though they spun up/down at least 20-50 times a day (on my desktop).
It's non-obivous, however, from the docs/man wether ataide makes persistent changes, or if you need to run it from cron, rc, etc. Anyone know the 'proper' usage for ataidle? I found this: http://andreas.syndrom23.de/drupal/files/ataidle which might be of general interest to folks along these same lines. No idea if it's correct usage, however. Thanks, Steve On 4/9/07, Pieter de Goeje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sunday 08 April 2007, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Hello again all, > I was wondering if there was an automatic, and possibly timed means to > spin down disks available in either ports or the base system, by chance. > Just trying to cut down on energy use, and increase my disks' lives :). > TIA, > -Garrett Take a look at ataidle (sysutils/ataidle). Dunno if it helps with their life expectancy, but it certainly is quieter without the disks spinning :). HTH, Pieter de Goeje _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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