Notebook hard disk Load_Cycle_Count is increasing on Ubuntu Server
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| acpi (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: kernel?, acpi?
Although there is a bugreport (Bug #59695) about similar thing, I have to report it, because it is a different kind of bug.
I use a notebook hard disk (Samsung HM400LI) in my home linux server (Ubuntu 8.10 Server 64-bit version).
After using my server for a while I realized that the Load_Cycle_Count parameter is increasing continuously, if there is no load on the server. In four months it reached the 100000. You can check it with
smartctl -a /dev/sda
(193. or 225. parameter in the table, it depends on your HD)
Actually Samsung guarantees 600000 number of Load/Unload other manufacturer guarantees the same or probably less (2-3000000). After that, your hard disk can die.
The kernel version is 2.6.27-9 (linux server 64-bit).
Question: How this power management feature could be turned off on the Ubuntu Server edition ?
