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Re: Question {about 2940UW spindown}
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chu)
Fri Jun 12 02:30:35 1998
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:59:55 -0700
From: Kevin Chu <kevin@portal.ca>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Balazs Nagy wrote:
>> Do you really want to spin down your disks? Like turning your
>> computer off, doesn't spinning the disks down only to spin them up
>> later cause more wear than just letting them spin?
> Sorry, but hdparm works only for IDE, for SCSI disks you should
I know that hdparm is for IDE. My question was regarding the wear and
tear associated with stopping and starting disks, and its effect on
the life and reliability of the disks.
I keep thinking that the next time I turn my computer off, my hard
disks will be nothing but metal cases full of powder.
Kevin
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