Power management on Seagate drives?

[imported_nunya]

I know Hitachi has a tool that will allow you to adjust the spindle speed to lower power consumption and was wondering if anyone knows of a tool that will do this for Seagate drives. I spoke with Seagate tech support and was told they don't offer a utility like this. I just built a new media server and I'd like to keep the power usage as low as possible.

 

[zhuquake]

yes
Seagate now .....

 

[Rifter]

Originally posted by: zhuquake
yes
Seagate now .....

Wow, someone give this guy first post of the year award or something......

OP

As far as i know the WD green drives do this automatically and i would look into them for a serve where heat and power is a concern.

 

[imported_nunya]

Originally posted by: zhuquake
yes
Seagate now .....

What?

Originally posted by: Rifterut
As far as i know the WD green drives do this automatically and i would look into them for a serve where heat and power is a concern.

I was going to go with the green drives but then read about how there's RAID problems with how often they park their heads and I'll be running a RAID5. Oh well, can't have everything.