From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:33:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:33:27 -0400 Received: from c1608841-a.fallon1.nv.home.com ([65.5.95.44]:11416 "EHLO tarot.internal.aom.geek") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:33:14 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:33:26 -0700 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New SCSI subsystem in 2.4, and scsi idle patch Message-ID: <20010910093326.A30659@ferret.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i From: idalton@ferret.dyndns.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:10:11AM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my 2.4.9 system to spin down my scsi disk(s) when i= dle. =20 >=20 > remember: normal desktop drives have an expected life of only O(50k)=20 > spin up/down cycles. that's twice an hour for a three year warranty... >=20 > regards, mark hahn. Noflushd can be useful in this case, though it needs a patch to include/linux/kernel_stat.h in order to work with more than one IDE disk. More information is at Granted, heavy-use servers probably do not want to spin down so much, though light-use servers could, with an high idle timeout. --=20 Ferret I will be switching my email addresses from @ferret.dyndns.org to @mail.aom.geek on or after September 1, 2001, but not until after Debian's servers include support. 'geek' is an OpenNIC TLD. See http://www.opennic.unrated.net for details about adding OpenNIC support to your computer, or ask your provider to add support to their name servers. --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7nOtVe0DNEkH06HMRAjCbAJ9yk7dMqTGLPNsgayLP8my2H6TCawCghUWm /syE9caglRW+HeuXpoZKheQ= =WIyI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd--