Re: [LAU] SSD(H)

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 23:05:19 +1100 (EST) "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote: Assumed you like to use gvfs or the KDE equivalent that e.g. gets started, if you launch K3b, then consider not to get a green drive that fits to the EU Regulation for external drives, or at least don't forget to unplug the drive as soon as the backup is done. I own a 2 TB WD Elements and after 30 minutes it automatically spins down, but when I had gvfs installed, then it immediately spins up again, the same happens after usage of K3b. Frequently spins down and up shorten the lifespan. Fortunately I don't use gvfs and I also think it's wise to disconnect a backup device, when it isn't needed. I guess it's worth to mention this issue. It's said that some drives even spin down and up again and again within a few seconds, instead of 30 minutes, as my drive does. JFTR if you don't want to use gvfs or similar and you don't want to mount manually (I use scripts to manually mount by label), there is software than can mount without helpers such as gvfs, e.g. rodent.