Using Ubuntu drastically shortens the life hard drives

Ubuntu Linux has long enjoyed a deserved popularity among users of PCs and laptops. But as it turned out, not all Linux distributions are equally useful, especially for notebooks. Several users have indicated failure of the hard drives on laptops running Ubuntu Linux.

As it turned out, when running on battery to save power (and prevent data loss if you drop it) operating system park the hard drive. In a default installation this is happening to 3 times per minute. And considering that the average hard drive can withstand up to 600000 cycles of start / stop, while his work is reduced to 138 days.

For example, one of the users on the new ThinkPad Z60m with 80 GB drive Hitachi HTS541080G9SA00 for 100 hours of index start / stop values reached in 7000. At the moment, found a temporary solution - a complete shutdown of Advanced Power Management (APM), it can significantly extend the life of hard drives with your data.

31 October 2007 | , , cd, distribution, popularity, service, term, ubuntu, use

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