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Spin down SATA drives?
Can kernel 2.6 or some utility tell a SATA drive to spin down when its not needed? I know it must spin up when I reboot, but I don't need it afterwards. The server would be a new dell poweredge if that matters.
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hdparm will not work on SATA or SCSI disk with /dev/sdX.
Check your BIOS setting on the motherboard first to turn power management on the disks.
Check your BIOS setting on the motherboard first to turn power management on the disks.
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You may be looking for the hdparm command.
hdparm -y /dev/hdX (where X is your drive) should put your drive in standby mode, usually causing it to spindown.
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