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Date:      Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:20:54 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, mav@freebsd.org, Tijl Coosemans <tijl@coosemans.org>, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Summary: Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off
Message-ID:  <864ocf7esp.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20101021160335.00001c0a@unknown> (Bruce Cran's message of "Thu,  21 Oct 2010 16:03:35 %2B0100")
References:  <201009161742.24228.tijl@coosemans.org> <201009161619.o8GGJAmv035378@lurza.secnetix.de> <20101018155944.GA12425@freebsd.org> <868w1r92rf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20101021122110.GA65490@freebsd.org> <86zku77mj6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20101021135442.000054c9@unknown> <86vd4v7gx1.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20101021160335.00001c0a@unknown>

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Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> writes:
> The Ubuntu issue was what I was thinking of - I got that mixed up with
> the aggressive power management of the WD EARS drives.

The entire Green series, actually, which includes models such as the
EADS, AARS etc., but there's more to them than that - the central
feature is their dynamically adjusted rotational speed, which allows
them to conserve power without spinning all the way down.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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