Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 May 1999 06:28:04 -0400 (EDT) | From | Steve Willer <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: rewritten bdflush |
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On Wed, 12 May 1999, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> Does you patch implement something similar or do we need to spin up drives > every 5 seconds? ;) > > This is a real concern for me, as I want to get some sleep during the > nights (and I can't sleep with harddisks running ;)
You could have a cron job adjust the /proc/sys/vm/bdflush parameters at certain times of the day. For example, at 12am set the thread to wake up every 30 mins or something, then set it back to 5s at 7am. Kinda dangerous, though.
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