Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-30 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 02:48:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:13:27PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > ... > > > If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at > > > all, your speakers probably draw more power than your hard

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:13:27PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at > > all, your speakers probably draw more power than your hard drive. > > Have you even felt how warm disk drives get? Yes. But

RE: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-29 Thread Narins, Josh
First, thanks to those who answered. On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at sometime, Pigeon wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:40:16PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > > > How do I calculate the difference in "cost to hard drive wear > > > and tea

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-28 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:40:16PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > > How do I calculate the difference in "cost to hard drive wear > > and tear from a single spin-up" to the cost of letting it run for a > > length of time? > > If it'

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: > How do I calculate the difference in "cost to hard drive wear > and tear from a single spin-up" to the cost of letting it run for a > length of time? If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at all, your s

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, nate wrote: > Narins, Josh said: > > > Dear Debian users, > > How do I calculate the difference in "cost to hard drive wear > > and tear from a single spin-up" to the cost of letting it run for a length > > of time? > > this would probably vary depending on what

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread nate
Narins, Josh said: > Dear Debian users, > How do I calculate the difference in "cost to hard drive wear > and tear from a single spin-up" to the cost of letting it run for a length > of time? this would probably vary depending on what kind of disk. So it's very difficult to calculate. >

HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread Narins, Josh
> From: Paul Johnson, Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:02 AM > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:33:42AM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: > > > For some days now, I've been hearing repeated clicking sounds from > > my harddisk, especially during I/O operations. From the sound of it, > > it might be a seek to somew