(restoring linux-ide and copying whole body for reference) Andy Vaselaar wrote: > Looks like it goes about 2-3 times a minute: > > [root@blacktop andy]# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193 > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 012 012 000 Old_age > Always - 177144 > [root@blacktop andy]# sleep 60 ; smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep 193 > > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 012 012 000 Old_age > Always - 177147 > > > I just did that, and as of right now, its at 177152. So, 120-180 times > an hour. > > -Andy > > > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:30:09 -0500, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Andy Vaselaar wrote: >>> >>> hdparm -B255 /dev/sda >>> >>> seems to stop it from unloading the heads. >> >> How much does the load_cycle_count increase per hour without the >> adjustment? >> >> Thanks. >> > -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
