I have already tried to put smb.conf to /tmp which is mounted to tmpfs but the disk access continues. I have no idea why.
--- Tomasz Chmielewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wil Cooley wrote: > > On 2005-01-18, gary ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > >>does samba server access the disk periodically > even it > >>is not serving any client ? I am trying to setup a > >>home server which is not frequently used and set > the > >>HD to spin down after 60s inactivity. But it get > kicks > >>up again apparently by samba(stoping samba and the > >>disk won't spin up anymore). I think it is a 3 > minute > >>or so interval. > >> > >>Is there a way to tell it not to as I can > sacrifice > >>some performance in exchange for much less noise > and > >>some power savings. > > > > > > Short of a good answer, here's a guess: Logging > with disk buffering. > > Set your loglevel to 0 and see if it stops. > > doesn't it also look into smb.conf periodically for > changes? I'm not > sure if it can be disabled, though (putting this > file in ramdisk would > be a solution if there is no other way to stop Samba > from looking into > that file). > > > Tomek > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
