Manu Abraham wrote: > > > On 7/25/07, *Brad Campbell* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > G'day all, > > I ask this here as I know there are a few who've used these little > wonder boxes. > > This machine has a laptop hard disk in it. One feature of laptop > hard disks is they can be asked to > auto-park the head after x seconds of idle time. This is all well > and good on a laptop as it often > prevents moving and bumping trashing the drive. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What, real crap. All modern drives do auto parking. You've heard about > Landing Zone's (LZ) ?
No, I am talking about unloading not parking. Big difference. This drive already has 145,000 unload cycles on it and it's rated for about 600,000. It's that little clicking sound a laptop drive makes as it unloads / reloads the head. Notwithstanding the huge latency penalty when trying to access data and the head has to re-load, it's just wearing out the mechanism a boatload faster than it needs to. Brad -- "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams
