Power down disk - is it safe with RAID/EVMS?

Peter Crighton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.evms.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I would like to power down my had disks to 1. reduce noise, 2. save
power, 3. increase life.

I would use 30-60 mins power down (so that they were not powering
up/down regularly, but usually only if I'm out or asleep).

Is it safe/OK to issue hdparm command with RAID and EVMS to power down
the disks? I.e. no potential for data corruption.

Will there be regular access that prevents the disk remaining powered
down until the disk is accessed by a user?

The disks in question are RAID 1 on Centos 4.4. They are not used for
the OS but only for user files.
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Peter Crighton

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