Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:52:47 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Stop using a SATA drive Message-ID: <55DEFA0F.9000900@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0psu5pP_Z7FcR8h5cQAZiZyDmQTKWzFx-17tUEV5g-%2B7hjw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0psvT5aaHR7kU%2B28qwVDdutyMn7LjhFUGZRWctz4gGfgvgw@mail.gmail.com> <20150824214252.53aa04c6.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAPi0psu5pP_Z7FcR8h5cQAZiZyDmQTKWzFx-17tUEV5g-%2B7hjw@mail.gmail.com>
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>I also shutdown smartd before pulling the drive, and > start smartd afterwards. I'm not sure if shutting down smartd really matters unless the drive is actively running a test or something. > I didn't know that the heads were parked when the power is cut... but > that is a relief to hear. Modern drives (where "modern" means anything made in the past 10 years I think) are set up in such a way that the inertia of the spinning platters will 'throw' the heads onto the parking area if power suddenly dies. This is not the same thing as intentionally issuing a park-head command, but the results are more or less the same.
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