[2297] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: How to turn power off on an idle scsi drive.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc SCHAEFER)
Sat Aug 16 02:40:03 1997
From: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Date: 15 Aug 1997 23:49:12 +0200
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Eric Youngdale <eric@andante.jic.com> wrote:
> Keep in mind that spinning up/down a drive can significantly
> shorten the lifetime of a disk drive. You *really* only want to be doing
And some drives may last longer :-)
(Especially the IBM DFHS original series had oil stickness problems if
not switched off and on regularly).
