Re: why sarge is so noisy
Thanks! Could you give me a list of programs that start automatically? Do you mean that there's
nothing I can do about it?
My sarge is intended to be server, hopefully, most of server-related work I add can be done in
memory.
--- Dan H <dunno@stoptrick.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:45:05 -0700 (PDT)
> Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I have sarge, I use it all the time (it's server)
> > The machine is my bedroom and scsi disk make noise from time to
> > time (it's read/writing)
> >
> > which script cause reading/writing? Let's assume it's default
> > installation. I don't start any program myself.
>
> Could be anything. There's a dozen processes runing on that machine at any given time, and any
> of them may access some files anytime. smbd for instance checks its configuration file every
> minute or so, and there may be other services that do likewise.
>
> BTW, if this machine is a server, wouldn't you expect it to do some work every now and then? Or
> if you didn't, why do you keep it on all the time? I can't get my head around people who insist
> on leaving unused machines powered 24/7.
>
> --D.
>
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