Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IDE freeze for seconds | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 1998 15:27:46 +0100 (MET) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > needs almost 8 seconds to spin up. It is configured as slave, > > > and if the master (a faster Seagate) would have to wait this > > > time, it would be a serious drawback, > > > > the best thing is to disable spindown, especially if you like to keep your > > disks a bit longer.... > > Which do you want to keep longer, your disks or your planet ?
Still, the chances of a disk "going down" for a spinup can be expresed in "running hours". Suppose I use my disk once a month, it probably is worth it spinning it down. If I use it once every 10 minutes, probably not. The cutoff point is somewhere in the middle.
Roger.
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