Hi, let me do.
On 04 February 2010 am 04:44:04 Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > Alexander Best wrote: > > No -- *Please* make sure that the disks are only spun down > > upon an actual power-off command (i.e. when reboot() is > > Could you elaborate a little on why that's bad? It seems like it would > be similar to a standby/resume action. > every disk has a limited number of restarts before it dies. In case of a reboot, it is already known when the command is given that the machine will restart without being powered of. If you spin-down the disk, you lose one start cycle. It is not that important but if it can be done with just one if, please, just do it. Erich _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
