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Title: Power Management
Post by: archived on November 04, 2005, 06:25:37 pm

Just a question.  Does Linux/Pluto have any power management options? (i.e. spin down of hard discs when not in use, etc)

I haven't built my core yet but I keep wondering if all of the hard drives will keep spinning even if nothing is recording.

Title: Power Management
Post by: archived on November 07, 2005, 12:54:18 pm

We didn't focus on power management. You could try it manually though if you have your way around Linux.

Title: Re: Power Management
Post by: archived on November 07, 2005, 01:28:27 pm

Quote from: "Davey78"

Just a question.  Does Linux/Pluto have any power management options? (i.e. spin down of hard discs when not in use, etc)

I haven't built my core yet but I keep wondering if all of the hard drives will keep spinning even if nothing is recording.

Hi,

I'm alos interested in this discussion - so would kindly invite others to discuss. I also think that running 160W PC all the time is a bit of waste...

I plan to do the following :
- have 1 HD with system
- have 2 HDs in RAID for /home directory with spinning down when not necessary (I guess I'll have to move /logs and possibly other directories that get frequently written)

I plan to use CT479 mobile processor adapter on my ASUS MB to get much lower power consumption.... Is anyone aware of any other low priced desktop mobile combo ?

Any other ideas or better solutions ?

Regards,

Rob.