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Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) (Developers)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 18.02.2024, 19:19

> > And what users EVER sit there watching for a minute or more for the HDD
> > LED
> > to go out before starting another operation ? ;)
> If some operation is very heavy in disk I/O and takes a minute to complete,
> it makes very much sense to wait for that operation to complete before
> starting anything new.
>

Whether or not it makes sense is not the question.

The question is, does anyone ever actually do it ?

I can only speak for myself, but I _can_ say that in over 45yrs of using computers,
I've never once sat there watching for the HDD LED to go out
before doing something else.
But rather the moment the command prompt is back, I proceed with the next task.

And of-course now on Linux, I'll have several disk-intensive operations going at the same time.

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Complete thread:

• Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - rr, 13.02.2024, 21:44 (Developers)
  • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - RayeR, 14.02.2024, 22:39
  • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - samwdpckr, 16.02.2024, 23:13
    • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - glennmcc, 17.02.2024, 22:48
      • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - samwdpckr, 18.02.2024, 19:02
        • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - glennmcc, 18.02.2024, 19:19
          • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - rr, 18.02.2024, 20:20
        • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - bretjohn, 19.02.2024, 16:40
          • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - Rugxulo, 22.02.2024, 03:50
            • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - Rugxulo, 21.03.2024, 07:22
    • Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines (by Julio Merino) - bretjohn, 18.02.2024, 16:09