[ 23.10.2008 17:14 ], Jon Hardcastle :
> Probably not strictly a Gentoo issue, but as i am running Gentoo I'll see if 
> the collective knowledge here can help me!
> 
> I have a strange problem with my server. All the hard drives go to sleep 
> after ~3hrs of inactivity. BUT if they happen to still be asleep when the 
> scheduled smart check takes place you can hear it 'spin up' and just before 
> you know the drive is 'up' smartd decides the drive isn't smart capable and 
> gives up. I get log entries in 'messages' and dmesg and also smartd emails me 
> to tell me the drive isn't smart capable.
> 
> You get the same result if you do -a on a sleeping drive... it says the drive 
> isn't capable.. run it again.. and Bob's your uncle. Any clues? Can you vary 
> the time before it tries after a spin up?
> 
If this is a server, why don't you turn auto-sleep off ?
Or maybe you can check out -n option in manual
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