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English => aMule Help => Topic started by: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:13:14 PM

Title: disable disk access
Post by: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:13:14 PM: Hi everyone !
I have one simply question: with amuled, is it possible to disable the continuous writing of some files like amule.conf ? I need this option to spin down my hard disk.

Thanks in advance,

daniele
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: Stu Redman on April 22, 2011, 09:24:26 PM: amule.conf isn't saved periodically I think.
If you have traffic, there will be more or less continuous disc access, saving stuff you downloaded and reading stuff you upload. No way to prevent that.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: GonoszTopi on April 22, 2011, 09:28:25 PM: Quote from: Stu Redman on April 22, 2011, 09:24:26 PM
amule.conf isn't saved periodically I think.
It is, since statistics are kept in that.

Quote from: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:13:14 PM
is it possible to disable the continuous writing of some files like amule.conf ?
No (not yet).
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:39:23 PM: Quote from: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:13:14 PM
is it possible to disable the continuous writing of some files like amule.conf ?
No (not yet).
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I can hardly believe this option is not present !
Hope they will insert this feature soon, thanks anyway for your support.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: Kry on April 22, 2011, 11:08:56 PM: We probably should do that for 2.3.1. So, GonoszTopi earns the responsability to do so!
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: GonoszTopi on April 23, 2011, 07:45:01 PM: Quote from: Kry on April 22, 2011, 11:08:56 PM
We probably should do that for 2.3.1. So, GonoszTopi earns the responsability to do so!
How happy I am ;)
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: Stu Redman on April 23, 2011, 08:11:22 PM: Quote from: daniele_ferro on April 22, 2011, 09:13:14 PM
I need this option to spin down my hard disk.
How can your hd spin down in the first place when it is reading all the time the files you are busy uploading, huh?
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: myth on April 24, 2011, 12:37:01 AM: If you have enought RAM for all your shared files they could be loaded there :D
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: Kry on April 24, 2011, 03:20:46 AM: Or, you know, different disks.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: btkaos on April 24, 2011, 06:02:13 AM: Quote from: Kry on April 24, 2011, 03:20:46 AM
Or, you know, different disks.
Spot on, use a ramdisk for .aMule with a script that acts on amule start/shutdown.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: myth on April 24, 2011, 09:46:59 AM: After all IMHO it's better to don't spin down hard drives. It's more work for the motor to start spinning again then keep it spinning all time!
It's like the start and stop tech the cars mount today in Europe I really don't like.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: daniele_ferro on April 25, 2011, 12:41:54 AM: Quote from: Stu Redman on April 23, 2011, 08:11:22 PM
How can your hd spin down in the first place when it is reading all the time the files you are busy uploading, huh?

In fact, I would disconnect aMule from networks before.
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: daniele_ferro on April 25, 2011, 12:43:01 AM: Quote from: myth on April 24, 2011, 12:37:01 AM
If you have enought RAM for all your shared files they could be loaded there :D

Unfortunately, I don't ! aMule runs on a NAS (64 MB ram)
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: daniele_ferro on April 25, 2011, 12:45:00 AM: Quote from: myth on April 24, 2011, 09:46:59 AM
After all IMHO it's better to don't spin down hard drives. It's more work for the motor to start spinning again then keep it spinning all time!

I think all depends on how much time your device stay up: in my case it could remain for days with disk spin off !
Moreover, during the night I *need* a device as silent as possible ! :D
Title: Re: disable disk access
Post by: Stu Redman on April 25, 2011, 01:35:42 PM: Quote from: daniele_ferro on April 25, 2011, 12:41:54 AM
In fact, I would disconnect aMule from networks before.
Why not shut aMule down?
Disconnecting from networks won't stop uploads, at least not right away.