[GTALUG] Keep X from going to sleep

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Tue Mar 17 14:56:35 UTC 2015


On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:20:59AM -0400, Russell Reiter wrote:
> I agree saving power is a reasonable thing. That's one reason I don't
> recommend disabling DPMS completely. Spinning down the drives saves power
> and also servs to extend the lifespan of the drive, if only marginally.

Some of the drives I have had last the longest never spun down.  I had
an 18GB quantum fireball that ran for 82000 power on hours before the
bearings started sounded so bad you didn't want to be in the same building
as the drive.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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