[GRLUG] Caviar black & green

[Bob Kline]

Is it just those models considered laptop
drives?

Shutting down like that doesn't seem
very useful for a desktop.  One
just copy a small file to the drive every
2 or 3 minutes then and effectively
override the feature, since that's activity.

   -- Bob


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:44 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Michael Mol wrote:
>
> > Power saving commands exist in (nearly?) all drives' firmware.
> > Youroperating system must invoke them itself, typically.
> >
> Not Seagate, for example, .. they shut themselves down in about five
> minutes of no activity.
>
>        Lee
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