[svlug] Spinning down a SCSI disk

[norm@dad.org]

"Satyen Sheth" <satyen.sheth at gmail.com> writes:

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>Forgive my ignorance, but why would you want to spin down the drives?

I have two disk drives that I never mount and I don't want to wear them
out.

>Is this a common thing to do in the Sys Admin world?

I know little about that world.

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