Re: Load_Cycle_Count to stop growing.
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Sthu Deus wrote:
> I have some trouble with growing number of
>
> Load_Cycle_Count
>
> parameter of my HDD. And the
Tell the HD to stop unloading its heads, and to stop spinning down (it
*has* to unload heads when it will spin down). It will increase power
consumption, and it will make you more vulnerable to head crashes (while
unloaded, the heads are far more resistant to vibration). OTOH it will
increase the HD lifetime, as loading/unloading heads slowly damage the
head assembly.
Usually, hdparm -B and hdparm -S can do it. The BIOS might fight
against you and might set it back behind your back on reboot,
suspend/resume, etc.
> Temperature_Celsius
Get better cooling. If it is impossible, well, there is nothing you can
do other than stop giving the disk so much work to do until it cools
down.
> So, my question is, How I can stop it spin down? - As I do understand,
> w/ the help of sdparm utility (it is SATA drive).
Use hdparm.
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