On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 21:19, Michael George wrote: > Where would I find docs about putting the HDD in a system to sleep? I have a > server that I would like to have almost totally powered down (still running > the idle process, still able to do some things at night like rebuild the > locate database & stuff -- but have the HDD spool down to save a little energy > and heat -- maybe the fans could turn off then, too)... > > Is this a noticable savings at all? Will it increase the life of the machine? > It is possible? > > I'm curious what info is out there to answer these questions... Thanks! > > -Michael
I can't say with authority that it's true, but I heard that the worst thing you can do to hard drives is turn them off and on often. Most of the wear and tear occuring during spin up and spin down, before the disk reaches the correct velocity, and the bearings reach operating temperature. -- ********************************************************************** Chris Kloiber, RHCE Red Hat,Inc. Hardware Certification aka 1801 Varsity Dr. Enterprise Support "WireHead" Raleigh, NC 27606 ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
