Ben,
You'll find this article helpful even though you're not using a laptop
http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1689/2190/
Also,
laptop_mode
was developed by someone that didn't own one - he just wanted to save
power on his desktop.
Fred
On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Ben Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:13:44PM +0200, Damon Jacobsen wrote:
> ...
> > > > more stress than would just letting it spin all the time? Am I causing
> > > > more wear and tear than I'm saving? Or, am I worrying over nothing?
> > > >
> ...
> >
> > In the end I think your idea of powering down the hard drive is a good
> > idea. I have read that the rated drive life is based on light drive use
> > (being on only a few hours at a time in a desktop enviroment). The useful
> > life a drive falls considerably in a dedicated server enviroment with the
> > disk spinning 24/7.
>
> Thanks very much for relating that tidbit. So, I figure I'll leave my
> script alone and let all the powering up and down continue.
>
> - Ben
>
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