[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[Johnny Levai]

Yes, it IS pesent in Windows too. Just checked it in Vista SP1, and not
only with my ears, but also with smartmontools and hdparm for Windows.
Vista does the same as Ubuntu: nothing... it just let's the hdd manage
itself. I fixed it in Linux with setting hdparm to 254 while on AC mode
and 128 while on battery mode. I also installed "ramlog", so it's
performing very nicely :) Actually the only thing killing my hdd right
now is Vista. But updates are coming with acpi-support to do the hdparm
thing automatically.

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695
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