noflushd is a Linux daemon that monitors disk activity and spins down idle disks. It then blocks further writes to the disk to prevent it from spinning up again. Writes are cached and flushed to disk when the next read request triggers a spin-up.

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Storage, File Systems

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux

Intended Audience

Developers, System Administrators

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon)

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Storage Software, C File Systems

Registered

2000-10-02