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Subject: Re: HDD idle shutdown.
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cpghost@cordula.ws wrote:

>On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:22:29PM +0100, Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote:
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>>* cpghost@cordula.ws [2005-03-18 11:24 +0100]
>>    
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>>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:21:17AM +0100, Christian Tischler wrote:
>>> > I wondered whether there is an option to shut down an idle HDD until it 
>>> > is needed again?
>>> > I am using FreeBSD 5.x.
>>> 
>>> /usr/ports/sysutils/ataidle
>>>      
>>>
>>Note that, while this indeed will spin down your hdd, the system will most 
>>likely spin it up again after a short period of time, unless you modify 
>>some settings. Especially the cron system may cause your hdd to spin up 
>>every once in a while.
>>    
>>
>
>Yes, that's true. Watch out for activity in /var/log etc.
>I'm using ataidle on "diskless" workstations with attached
>hdd (now if that's not an oxymoron!). Most activities happen
>on the NFS mounted system partitions, and the hdd is only there
>for backup purposes and for file systems that are not always in
>use (like /home and so). Running ataidle on such workstations
>proves to be very effective.
>
>  
>
>>Svein Halvor
>>    
>>
>
>-cpghost.
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>  
>
Actually this is for my home server which provides nfs/samba shares. The 
idle process is only for the data only drives.

thx

Christian