On Monday January 6 2003 08:00 pm, Andrew Miller wrote:
> I built a server recently for web server, email server, file server
> and other uses and am running Mandrake 9.0 on it. I used a pair
> of 100 GB IBM Deskstars (120GXP's I believe). IBM is having
> problems with these drives failing and now recommends only using
> them 330 hours a month, something less than 50% of the time (see
> http://www.sheller.com/ibmpress.htm). My question is whether my
> use of these drives in a server application is something I should
> avoid? Also, is there a setting for power savings that would sleep
> the drive when it is not getting any hits (most of the time).
> Looks l could add a decent SCSI drive that is meant for always-on
> use. Your feedback is welcome.
There's two schools on this, I side with those that believe
spinning the drives down is a bad idea. Sort'a like a lightbulb,
they last longer if you're not always turnin 'em off and on ;)
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Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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