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| From: | Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] How can I power disk off? | ||
| Date: | Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:43:18 | ||
| Message-Id: | 4E8E0453.5000706@gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] How can I power disk off? by Jarry |
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| 1 | Jarry wrote: |
| 2 | > Hi, |
| 3 | > |
| 4 | > In my server I have a few disks which must be running 24/7, |
| 5 | > but I also have a single big hard-drive, which is used only |
| 6 | > for a few minutes every day, just for backups. How could I |
| 7 | > power disk off when not needed (and "on" again when needed) |
| 8 | > in order to save a little power and prolong its life? |
| 9 | > |
| 10 | > Jarry |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Look into hdparm and the -S option. That could be what you want. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Dale |
| 15 | |
| 16 | :-) :-) |