Christopher Svanefalk <christopher.svanefalk <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > Dear all, > > one problem I have on my system is the frequency with which the kernel winds up the HDD. It is hot almost constantly, and never seems to power down. Is there anything I can do (aside from deactivating updatedb and the like) in order to force the system to a minimal use of the HDD? > > Thanks in advance, > > Chris > > Take it seriously. If it is "hot almost constantly" you should take a closer look at processes run over some longer period of time (top, iotop, ...; you can run them as a cron job and collect data as well). Also: - System-Preferences-Power Management - man hdparm # hdparm -I /dev/sd? ... - $ yum info hddtemp - Gogle search: linux hard disk temperature http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/monitoring-hard-disks-smart ... JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines