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Bcache: Caching beyond just RAM

Posted Jul 12, 2010 9:16 UTC (Mon) by etienne (subscriber, #25256)
In reply to: Bcache: Caching beyond just RAM by eludias
Parent article: Bcache: Caching beyond just RAM

> there is a feature in the firmware of the drives which auto-parks the heads after 8 seconds of inactivity

Probably maximum power saving more, you can usually see/adjust (and save the setup) using hdparm.

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