Re: Debian 8.2 RAID conf. problem
On Friday 23 October 2015 12:42:07 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 08:52:42AM +0000, Curt wrote:
> > On 2015-10-22, Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> > >> Many months ago there was a thread about
> > >> longevity of hard drives related to how many boots in their lifetimes.
> > >
> > > Nonsense. If the boot count mattered for hard disk longevity, there
> > > would be a SMART attribute for it. There is none.
> >
> > There exists a similar "fallacy" concerning light bulbs (if we're
> > talking hard (re)boot, change of phase).
>
> fallacy?
>
> I do know that turning incandescent light bulbs off and on shortens their
> life. Whether the savings in electricity is worth the cost of the bulb is,
> of course, another matter.
And CFL surely? If turned on and off too frequently too close together -
anyhow the older ones? I don't like them, so haven't used them much.
Lisi
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