2010/12/24 JÃrn Nettingsmeier <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: <SNIP> >> Yeah, I've heard of that, and I suspect it works. I've not used it >> myself. I felt it reasonable to let folks know what they were buying >> and what the issues might be. Who knows what the issues might be with >> that feature turned off? > > the drive is a lot faster and will reach its expected lifetime, hopefully. > Is it? In what way? Something like hdparm -tT or something else? Reaching its lifetime would be a good thing. >> Certainly power consumption will go up. > > no. under linux, power consumption will actually go down, since the > constant head parking and unparking is avoided. if you implement laptop > mode with very large dirty buffers, you might actually reach a point > where there's actual benefit to this "green" feature, but i have a very > strong suspicion it's just a stupid greenwashing feature they came up > with (without expecting much themselves), because marketing wanted it. > I think that really depends on how long it's left asleep. At this 2 minute rate I'm seeing I suspect it lowers power to put it to sleep but I don't know. >> Maybe >> most folks don't leave their DAWs powered up 24/7, I don't know. > > true. the problem hit me on a server. but i'm pretty sure that on a DAW, > you don't want your disk heads to go for a nap every 15 seconds either, > especially since they do it with a loud "clack" for extra emphasis... > No debate there. Completely agree. > the caviar green is definitely a very stupid product, probably even > under windows. as faberman said, if you are concerned about power > consumption and noise, invest in 2.5" drives. > > happy holidays, > > > jÃrn > > > (who is stuck on a train in the snow and bored enough to read mail on > christmas eve...) > > You too! - Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
