From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 20:16:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B98F16A405 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9342813C469 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bahamasfranks@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so190661ugh for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=i92wTvItdn5B4dSh1Nh3S25EmwWb5NmlMG+1lJTa3NLMTCv4VVq4bC5Ca3JQQRKJIx78YGL06Hc77X1ZSMw6G4ksvkGKUWYa4NolwIAheSTEkJirIzF1DMmvVnoz7JneKqsRPBRmPYR8d9hzbDhOB/cWe6RmbM/2Qm+QbOxWNDQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Ys2ft+dkywO57i7S8vh/KMBiXSwIrOEXq7H6/4B88UfdvsJiRWTH0ieDD2Nog7yQf8n28KsQWGBXw8KlXj6rMNS3+nnXHy0q2tNci/yHJwci8lrWBEsHQcvj1SnSlYeHuSiDEAMx5i7DEa+0D7x+orXA4euU0Dge3xIH45sGBiE= Received: by 10.82.163.13 with SMTP id l13mr1507197bue.1176322586357; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.82.175.3 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <539c60b90704111316w38017613sd50718d901d37831@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:26 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" Sender: bahamasfranks@gmail.com To: "Pieter de Goeje" In-Reply-To: <200704091751.27697.pieter@degoeje.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <46192C1B.4060706@u.washington.edu> <200704091751.27697.pieter@degoeje.nl> X-Google-Sender-Auth: cda5e2cb68740ece Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:16:29 -0000 Say, I've been meaning to install ataidle for awhile, as my server handles approximately 3-5 requests for cvs per 24 hours, and I'm a pragmatic believer in the dangers of global warming, and I've never had a disk go bad on my old w2k systems, even though they spun up/down at least 20-50 times a day (on my desktop). It's non-obivous, however, from the docs/man wether ataide makes persistent changes, or if you need to run it from cron, rc, etc. Anyone know the 'proper' usage for ataidle? I found this: http://andreas.syndrom23.de/drupal/files/ataidle which might be of general interest to folks along these same lines. No idea if it's correct usage, however. Thanks, Steve On 4/9/07, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > > On Sunday 08 April 2007, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > Hello again all, > > I was wondering if there was an automatic, and possibly timed > means to > > spin down disks available in either ports or the base system, by chance. > > Just trying to cut down on energy use, and increase my disks' > lives :). > > TIA, > > -Garrett > Take a look at ataidle (sysutils/ataidle). Dunno if it helps with their > life > expectancy, but it certainly is quieter without the disks spinning :). > > HTH, > Pieter de Goeje > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Steve Franks, KE7BTE Staff Engineer La Palma Devices, LLC http://www.lapalmadevices.com (520) 312-0089