Hi,
On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 04:53:28PM +0000, flapflap wrote:
> I was thinking whether it makes sense to by default spin-down the
> harddisks, e.g. via hdparm -y /dev/sdX or hdparm -Y /dev/sdX
>
> That would have the advantage of reduced power consumption, less noise
> (up to complete silence when the fan is not spinning), and proof to the
> user that Tails is not accessing the HDD. Of course, the HDD need to
> spin-up again if the user mounts it.
>
> but what I cannot comment on is whether there may also be difficulties
> from spinning-down the HDD (hardware failure? ...)
We're doing so since 0.8, see
https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6076
cheers,
bert.
