Re: hdd not spinning down w/ cpudyn / consequences of spinning down?
Jerome Werner wrote: Also, what are the consequences of spinning down for the lifetime of my laptop's hdd (hitachi 20gb)? Is this good for it or does it take a toll? I understand that it saves energy, but what's the toll on the overall computer life? I heard some hdds only have a number of spin downs in their lifespan. Well, for what it's worth, I believe the BIOS default of my Dell laptop was something like a 5 minute wait before spindown on the hard disk. But then maybe that's why they are big on selling you those 3-4 year warranty packages. Yes, these things take a toll, but I don't think it is something that you need to worry about. Consider how many hours per day you will operating your laptop on battery power. Probably, it will be something like 1-4 hours, yes? That isn't very much in the greater scheme of things. So, perhaps the best solution is to only enable a short spin down and short screen lamp off time when you are on battery, and alter this behavior for when you are running on AC. Or perhaps you could purchase a second battery back instead, and set your harddrive free to run as it likes. dircha
Re: hdd not spinning down w/ cpudyn / consequences of spinning down?
Jerome Werner wrote: Also, what are the consequences of spinning down for the lifetime of my laptop's hdd (hitachi 20gb)? Is this good for it or does it take a toll? I understand that it saves energy, but what's the toll on the overall computer life? I heard some hdds only have a number of spin downs in their lifespan. Well, for what it's worth, I believe the BIOS default of my Dell laptop was something like a 5 minute wait before spindown on the hard disk. But then maybe that's why they are big on selling you those 3-4 year warranty packages. Yes, these things take a toll, but I don't think it is something that you need to worry about. Consider how many hours per day you will operating your laptop on battery power. Probably, it will be something like 1-4 hours, yes? That isn't very much in the greater scheme of things. So, perhaps the best solution is to only enable a short spin down and short screen lamp off time when you are on battery, and alter this behavior for when you are running on AC. Or perhaps you could purchase a second battery back instead, and set your harddrive free to run as it likes. dircha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hdd not spinning down w/ cpudyn / consequences of spinning down?
Ivan Fernandez Pelaez pointed out that noflushd doesn't work for journaled file systems. I was looking through the apt-cache when I saw cpudyn and it said it works on ext3 for CPU throttling and hdd spinning down. The CPU throttling works well, but I'm still getting no sleeping of the hdd. I put "-" characters in my syslog. Could gkrellmd keep my hdd running? Is there a way to monitor what processes are writing to my disk? Also, what are the consequences of spinning down for the lifetime of my laptop's hdd (hitachi 20gb)? Is this good for it or does it take a toll? I understand that it saves energy, but what's the toll on the overall computer life? I heard some hdds only have a number of spin downs in their lifespan. I'm also looking into laptop mode but the part about having data loss in ten minute increments worries me. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
hdd not spinning down w/ cpudyn / consequences of spinning down?
Ivan Fernandez Pelaez pointed out that noflushd doesn't work for journaled file systems. I was looking through the apt-cache when I saw cpudyn and it said it works on ext3 for CPU throttling and hdd spinning down. The CPU throttling works well, but I'm still getting no sleeping of the hdd. I put "-" characters in my syslog. Could gkrellmd keep my hdd running? Is there a way to monitor what processes are writing to my disk? Also, what are the consequences of spinning down for the lifetime of my laptop's hdd (hitachi 20gb)? Is this good for it or does it take a toll? I understand that it saves energy, but what's the toll on the overall computer life? I heard some hdds only have a number of spin downs in their lifespan. I'm also looking into laptop mode but the part about having data loss in ten minute increments worries me. ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
