[vdr] HDD spin down and VDR

[Norbert Goebel]

Matthias Fechner wrote:

>Hi,
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>i will enable the power saving of my harddisk.
>I have a VDR system with 2xFF card and 4 Harddisks.
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>Now i'm not sure, if this is a good idea and hwoto do it.
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>I have enable this powersaving, has it any disadvantage to the
>livetime of the harddisk?
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If you use desktop harddrives it is not recommended to cycle them too often.

>Should i enable the powersaving or better the spin down in the BIOS or
>can i do it on my linux system?
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You can enable it with hdparm.

>What is the behaviour of VDR if a recording is starting and the HDD is
>not running? Will VDR send a startsignal to the harddisk early enough?
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Sorry, no idea about that cause my recording hdd is also my system hdd 
which I never suspend (as you need to do many things to teach linux not 
to write to hdd every few minutes). I only "suspend" my other hdds in my 
vdr server (as these are hdds for mp3s, documents and so on which are 
not needed most time of the day).

Greetings,
Egalus