Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-30 Thread Pigeon
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 02:48:36PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:13:27PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: ... If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at all, your speakers probably draw more power than your hard drive.

RE: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-29 Thread Narins, Josh
First, thanks to those who answered. On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at sometime, Pigeon wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:40:16PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: How do I calculate the difference in cost to hard drive wear and tear from a

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:13:27PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: ... If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at all, your speakers probably draw more power than your hard drive. Have you even felt how warm disk drives get? Yes. But this

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: How do I calculate the difference in cost to hard drive wear and tear from a single spin-up to the cost of letting it run for a length of time? If it's a desktop box, don't worry about letting them spin down at all, your

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-28 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 02:40:16PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:49:29PM -0500, Narins, Josh wrote: How do I calculate the difference in cost to hard drive wear and tear from a single spin-up to the cost of letting it run for a length of time? If it's a

HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread Narins, Josh
From: Paul Johnson, Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:02 AM On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:33:42AM +0100, Nicos Gollan wrote: For some days now, I've been hearing repeated clicking sounds from my harddisk, especially during I/O operations. From the sound of it, it might be a seek to somewhere on

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread nate
Narins, Josh said: Dear Debian users, How do I calculate the difference in cost to hard drive wear and tear from a single spin-up to the cost of letting it run for a length of time? this would probably vary depending on what kind of disk. So it's very difficult to calculate. If

Re: HDD general (was: RE: HDD clicking)

2003-01-27 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, nate wrote: Narins, Josh said: Dear Debian users, How do I calculate the difference in cost to hard drive wear and tear from a single spin-up to the cost of letting it run for a length of time? this would probably vary depending on what kind of disk.