Forrest Humphrey wrote: [snip]
[snip]Okay, now say I've used hdparm to specify that my 2 hard drives in the box should spin down after, say 5 minutes:
hdparm -S 60 /dev/hda hdparm -S 60 /dev/hdb
I know it could be detrimental to the drives if they are spinning up and down all the time. Also, is there anything else that could keep the drives spinning up related to my minimal Debian install operating under its normal circumstances?
I think what you need is noflushd. Package description:
Noflushd is a daemon that spins down disks that have not been read from after a certain amount of time, and then prevents disk writes from spinning them back up. It's targeted for laptops but can be used on any computer with IDE disks. The effect is that the hard disk actually spins down, saving you battery power, and shutting off the loudest component of most computers.
Cheers,
Robert.
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