On 04/03/2016 02:43 AM, John Andersen wrote:
Are you certain this 50,000 number actually applies to this device?
Who knows how Old the info on that web page is?
It would seem that anything of recent manufacture, intended for use in power saving environment would be engineered to handle the number of parking expected in today's usage world.
Also, I thought I read somewhere that heads don't actually land anymore.
John, I've seen 2 numbers. The first number was 600,000 cycles (which I took to be from a recent drive, then found the wiki page and was not sure which was correct) I suspect the 600K number is more correct today. As for whether the heads actually land, I'm not certain either, but what I am certain about is the cycles logged on my drive and the continual spindown/spinup I hear on a regular basis. Obviously, I just let it do its thing for a long time, but I'm noticing longer spinup times now which prompted this search for a permanent solution. I've installed an /etc/hdparm.conf (which I haven't rebooted yet to see if it is read on start, but I'll report back if it is) It will be interesting to find out what the best solution for this is. It looks like an issue that has been languishing in need to some easier user control setting. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org