Spinning Disk's Down

From: Joe Spanicek <joe_at_resptk.bhp.com.au>
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 10:50:57 +1000

Hi All,

I have a Alpha 255 running DU4.0.

It has a "Power Management" Configuration.

One of the options is to Spin the Disk's Down after
a period of Non-Usage.

I am curious whether this is a good idea for UNIX
systems. That is, will the Hard Disk be damaged by
it constantly been spun down & up ??

Is it better to have the disk spinning all the time ??

Thanks for your time.

Joe Spanicek
joe_at_resptk.bhp.com.au
Received on Fri May 02 1997 - 03:11:17 NZST

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