Forcing HDD spindown

[JB]

Christopher Svanefalk <christopher.svanefalk <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> one problem I have on my system is the frequency with which the kernel winds
up the HDD. It is hot almost constantly, and never seems to power down. Is there
anything I can do (aside from deactivating updatedb and the like) in order to
force the system to a minimal use of the HDD?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 

Take it seriously.
If it is "hot almost constantly" you should take a closer look at processes run
over some longer period of time (top, iotop, ...; you can run them as a cron
job and collect data as well).

Also:
- System-Preferences-Power Management
- man hdparm
  # hdparm -I /dev/sd?
  ...
- $ yum info hddtemp
- Gogle search: linux hard disk temperature
  http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/monitoring-hard-disks-smart
  ...

JB