Summary: Re: Spin down HDD after disk sync or before power off

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Thu Oct 21 15:25:36 UTC 2010


Bruce Cran <bruce at cran.org.uk> writes:
> The Ubuntu issue was what I was thinking of - I got that mixed up with
> the aggressive power management of the WD EARS drives.

The entire Green series, actually, which includes models such as the
EADS, AARS etc., but there's more to them than that - the central
feature is their dynamically adjusted rotational speed, which allows
them to conserve power without spinning all the way down.

DES
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