Need a way to shut down HDD

Questions and Answers : Preferences : Need a way to shut down HDD

Author	Message
GX10120 Send message Joined: 4 Nov 03 Posts: 3 Credit: 743 RAC: 0	Message 166771 - Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 14:07:31 UTC
	I not sure if there's a way to turn off HDD while running BOINC. Becuase my HDD is old and i dont want it pass out. I currently set power management to turn it off after 3 mins but doesnt worked. BOINC keep accessing the HD? Any helps appreciated.
	ID: 166771 ·

J D K Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 04 Posts: 1295 Credit: 311,371 RAC: 0	Message 166807 - Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 15:50:15 UTC Last modified: 12 Sep 2005, 15:50:47 UTC
	Well that is because Boinc needs to access the HD a lot....So, no you can not turn the HD off..... ____________ And the beat goes on Sonny and Cher BOINC Wiki
	ID: 166807 ·

paperdragon Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 27 Aug 99 Posts: 174 Credit: 876,253 RAC: 1,770	Message 166836 - Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 17:21:25 UTC Last modified: 12 Sep 2005, 17:26:17 UTC
	If you go into 'Your Account', and enter the 'General Preferences', near the botton you will see a section titled 'Disk and Memory Usage'. In this section you will see a line 'Write to disk at most every'. It is set at 60 secounds. You could set it higher, say 900 secounds (15 minutes). Higher if you want to. But keep in mind if you do this, you progress is not written to the disk as often. So if you machine is shutdown for any reason you could lose up to 15 minutes of execution time. Another thing to keep in mind, if you have a old hard drive that has a posibility of faiure constant starting and stopping could excelerate the progress. I have seen machines run for months or years with no problems. But when they were cold booted they had instant drive failure. ____________ You need a second life? Seconlife.com
	ID: 166836 ·

GX10120 Send message Joined: 4 Nov 03 Posts: 3 Credit: 743 RAC: 0	Message 166946 - Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 23:29:26 UTC - in response to Message 166836.
	I have seen machines run for months or years with no problems. But when they were cold booted they had instant drive failure. Thanks for that helpful info. At your last words i now felt fine for my HD to run.
	ID: 166946 ·

Questions and Answers : Preferences : Need a way to shut down HDD