Re: Hard drive spindown settings

ian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Hard drive spindown settings > Resent-Date: 17 Jul 1998 15:00:39 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > I was looking at the hdparm package yesterday... > a while back I set my stystem u

Re: Hard drive spindown settings

If you are spinning the drive down to extend the useful life of the drive, you are doing just the opposite. As long as the drive has adequate cooling (i.e., doesn't burn you when you touch it), it will stay alive much longer if you leave it powered up and spinning 24/7. The reason is that the l

Hard drive spindown settings

I was looking at the hdparm package yesterday... a while back I set my stystem up to issue hdparm -S 240 /dev/hda at boot...but I am realizing that my drive never spins down. in fact it seems liek every few seconds I hear it access... I was wondering... is this a side effect of "update" running? (