Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:26 -0700 | Subject | Re: New SCSI subsystem in 2.4, and scsi idle patch | From | idalton@ferret ... |
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On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:10:11AM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my 2.4.9 system to spin down my scsi disk(s) when idle. > > remember: normal desktop drives have an expected life of only O(50k) > spin up/down cycles. that's twice an hour for a three year warranty... > > regards, mark hahn.
Noflushd can be useful in this case, though it needs a patch to include/linux/kernel_stat.h in order to work with more than one IDE disk. More information is at <http://noflushd.sourceforge.net>
Granted, heavy-use servers probably do not want to spin down so much, though light-use servers could, with an high idle timeout.
-- Ferret
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