Danis Petkakis wrote: > ok i tried 'hdparm -y /dev/sda' and though i can hear a little noise as > if the disk is in sleep > mode after a while (5 secs) it makes a noise as though it is spinning up > again...
That's why I mentioned laptop-mode-tools. If configured properly, it ensures that the drive will not spin up a few seconds after having stopped, by buffering all writes. For example, I have configured my laptop to buffer writes for up to 10 minutes. The drawback, obviously, is that I can loose up to 10 minutes of work if I have a power interruption, but on a laptop, this never happens. I'm not sure I would want to have that on a server, though. -- Remy
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