Re: Recurrent disk activity every minute

[Jukka Marin <jukka.marin%embedtronics.fi@localhost>]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 07:01:49AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 07:17:10PM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> > If the load cycle count increases, then the hard drive is probably
> > configured for power saving. This is a bad choice for a disk with
> > read-write mounted filesystems. NetBSD doesn't configure the drive
> > by itself, but the BIOS may.

In the old times, the disks used to park the heads on a safe zone to
protect the recording area from head crashes, should the disk experience
shocks while operating.  I don't know if the modern disks are doing the
same.

  -jm