[mythtv-users] Wake up disks on events

[John Drescher]

>> You could also install a flash card reader and put the database files
>> on a flash drive. Granted, it might tend to slow things down, given
>> how slow these things are at writes, but it would definitely consume
>> less power.
>
> That's a terrible idea. Flash drives can't keep up with the read/write
> demands of a database application in terms of speed or longevity.
> Don't do that.
>
I think it would be perfectly fine if you get an 8GB or 16GB flash
drive for the os that has wear leveling ( how many flash drives do not
have that) and tune your kernel so it writes less frequently. In this
case the flash drive will last longer than the average hard drive.

John