[G4] IBM Deskstars in new G4's and organization (xpost)

[John Switlik]

I also experience this on a regular basis. Given the IBM Deskstar has a 
"duty cycle" and isn't supposed to spin 24/7, putting the drive to 
sleep is probably a good thing for extending the life of the drive. I 
just wish there was some way to choose how long of a idle period before 
the drive(s) start to snooze. My drives seem to sleep after five 
minutes or so.

John
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On Wednesday, Jan 15, 2003, at 19:33 US/Pacific, Nicolas Kinnan wrote:

> I have noticed that, too, and it is kind of annoying as that delay 
> which occurs always seems to happen at a time when you want instant 
> results!  Does anyone know how to defeat it?
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Wednesday, Jan 15, 2003, at 05:11 US/Pacific, Power Macintosh G4 
> List wrote:
>
>> Actually I noticed that with most of my drives in OSX. I  have drive
>> sleeping turned off yet they still snore away. Best part is when I
>> wake the machine up, everything is working fine, and then for some
>> reason a drive I don't need wakes up and slows things down for a
>> minute.
>>
>>
>> Diane