[gentoo-user] Re: Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-07-18 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:49:21 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: it takes just as much power to spin up the drive as to keep it spinning for a few extra minutes. So ... spin it down after a few more minutes? -- hendrik Thanks for the report, I found it very interesting. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-07-18 Thread Ryan Sims
On 7/18/07, Hendrik Boom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:49:21 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: it takes just as much power to spin up the drive as to keep it spinning for a few extra minutes. So ... spin it down after a few more minutes? -- hendrik No, only spin it down when the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux becomes expensive ;)

2007-07-18 Thread Julian Simioni
On 7/18/07, Ryan Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/18/07, Hendrik Boom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:49:21 -0500, Dan Farrell wrote: it takes just as much power to spin up the drive as to keep it spinning for a few extra minutes. So ... spin it down after a few more