Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:51:27 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available? Message-ID: <200704091751.27697.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <46192C1B.4060706@u.washington.edu> References: <46192C1B.4060706@u.washington.edu>
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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
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