Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:13:13 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard disk behavior Message-ID: <loom.20120229T190834-657@post.gmane.org> References: <loom.20120229T180349-340@post.gmane.org> <CA%2BtpaK0=t%2B4R=iPRU357TmvhbfgqMuZFGtksHqpEeribHvq-NA@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More <amvandemore <at> gmail.com> writes: > ... > > # /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ada0 > > > > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always > > - > > 779337 > > > > Likely the noise you are hearing roughly corresponds to Load_Cycle_Count. > Yours is quite high. You may be able to use sysutils/ataidle to disable > the parking like so: > > ataidle -P 0 /dev/ada0 > > Not entirely sure if this works on the ada driver, so if not you might want > to ask on freebsd-stable@ or boot up in a Live CD of Linux and use the > tools there. > Dmitry and Adam, I think your description of excessive heads parking may be very close. I will try this remedy and will let you know. jb
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