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UNIX Name: ataidle Website: http://www.cran.org.uk/~brucec/software/ Latest version: 0.9 - 2004-11-1
A utility for spinning down ATA/IDE disks and controlling the power consumption.
# ./build_ataidle.sh
ataidle 12,996 bytes total 12,996 bytes
Uknown.
On PC systems with a HDD a little less power can be used and the machine a little quieter with the disks not spinning. During normal operation most files should be in memory cache, but a time penalty will occur for new accesses.
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