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

Fri Feb 13 10:46:13 UTC 2009

Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
> I'm on acpi-support 0.119 and pm-utils 1.2.2.4-0ubuntu2
> 
> When I'm on battery I hear very frequently the spin down noise. I bought
> my new laptop 1 month ago and the load cycle is 5180. Do you think I
> suffer this bug?

Probably. But 5180 in one month is fine: that's about 60000 per year. 
Your disk will last about 10 years at this rate.

Cheers,
Bart

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
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