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Why wait, if the disk is idle?

Posted Sep 11, 2009 15:48 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Why wait, if the disk is idle? by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: ext4 and data loss

Even some non-laptop systems (e.g. WD GreenPower drives) can spin
themselves down a bit to save power.

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