How to spin down drives?

Ook · 06-13-2005, 07:17 PM

How would I set up my Slackware 10.0 setup to spin down hard drives after a certain period of inactivity? I have one server with a couple of drives that are accessed about once a week, and to save wear and tear and reduce power consumption (and heat dissapation) I'd like to have them spin down during the rest of the week.

dkpw · 06-13-2005, 07:24 PM

This link might prove useful as a first step.

Regards,

dkpw

egag · 06-13-2005, 07:33 PM

that's a good idea...
( never thought of that )
just read " man hdparm "

think i'll put this in my rc.local :
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hdparm -S 120 /dev/hda
hdparm -S 120 /dev/hdd
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egag

Ook · 06-13-2005, 11:28 PM

OK, the entries in rc.local worked *great*. Many thanks