[mythtv-users] Wake up disks on events

[David Brodbeck]

Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Sep 11, 2008, at 1:40 PM, John Drescher wrote:
>> If I were interested in using flash for my database I would use the
>> kernel parameters to delay the writes as long as it would let me so
>> that it would lessen this effect. Or possibly use laptop mode.
> 
> You would be setting yourself up for a database corruption nightmare  
> should something go wrong - like loss of power or memory corruption.
> Then again, I don't have to recover your database so I say go for it!

Also, if the drive's data rate is slow, the last thing you want to to is 
try to write in bursts.  It helps somewhat on mechanical drives because 
it reduces seeking, but it won't help a flash drive's speed any.