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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Andy Vaselaar <andrew.vaselaar@trinity.edu>
Cc: IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Frequent head unloads  info
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:42:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48E2D577.90801@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.uh9nv6gs70fqr1@blacktop>

(restoring linux-ide and copying whole body for reference)

Andy Vaselaar wrote:
> Looks like it goes about 2-3 times a minute:
> 
> [root@blacktop andy]# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193
> 193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   012   012   000    Old_age  
> Always       -       177144
> [root@blacktop andy]# sleep 60 ; smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193
> 
> 193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   012   012   000    Old_age  
> Always       -       177147
> 
> 
> I just did that, and as of right now, its at 177152.  So, 120-180 times
> an hour.
> 
> -Andy
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:30:09 -0500, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
>> Andy Vaselaar wrote:
>>>
>>> hdparm -B255 /dev/sda
>>>
>>> seems to stop it from unloading the heads.
>>
>> How much does the load_cycle_count increase per hour without the
>> adjustment?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> 


-- 
tejun

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-10-01  1:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-15 23:56 Frequent head unloads info Andy Vaselaar
2008-09-29  7:30 ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <op.uh9nv6gs70fqr1@blacktop>
2008-10-01  1:42     ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2008-10-01  2:21 ` Tejun Heo

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