From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Greg Cormier <gcormier@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Sleeping hard drives in an array?
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:20:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48244F94.7000709@tmr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <29a863790805041712v4eff0496hac3eedaa9003466b@mail.gmail.com>
Greg Cormier wrote:
> Wow this has caused quite the stirrup!
>
> I think I'll leave them spinning :-) They are WD Raid Edition drives
> so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I just figured since the array does
> nothing like 21 hours of the day.. why not spin it down. But if
> spinup/downs are worse then I'll leave it be.
>
> The drive temps are 32-34 degrees since they have fans right on them
> and the case is nicely cooled.
>
>
Even with that use profile, my main concern would be power usage, room
heat, and cost of A/C if you run temperature controlled.
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"Woe unto the statesman who makes war without a reason that will still
be valid when the war is over..." Otto von Bismark
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-09 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-30 15:02 Sleeping hard drives in an array? Greg Cormier
2008-05-01 8:52 ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2008-05-01 9:55 ` David Greaves
2008-05-02 21:11 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-05-02 22:11 ` berk walker
2008-05-02 22:44 ` David Lethe
2008-05-03 8:19 ` Michael Tokarev
2008-05-03 15:29 ` David Lethe
2008-05-03 15:48 ` Brad Campbell
2008-05-05 0:04 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-05-05 0:12 ` Greg Cormier
2008-05-09 13:20 ` Bill Davidsen [this message]
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