Re: Recurrent disk activity every minute

[Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Hello Mayuresh,

Mayuresh writes:
> [...]
> Is there any way to override this behavior of the drive in NetBSD?
> 
> Would apm or sysutils/smartmontools be of help?
> [...]

No idea if that will increase/decrease disk life span but I think
that `atactl <device> setidle 0' and/or `atactl <device> setstandby 0'
is what you're looking for!