<![CDATA[Harddrive always spinning]]>hi

is there a way to get the harddrive to spindown, it seems like its Always upp and spinning, and i Think that it will shorten the Life span

or is it possible to install pfsense on a usbstick instead?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/61865/harddrive-always-spinningRSS for NodeSat, 07 Mar 2026 05:05:56 GMTFri, 18 Oct 2013 15:54:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Harddrive always spinning on Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:10:37 GMT]]>In the nanobsd images everything runs from ram almost all the time. General performance is good but flash media is slow so bootup is usually slower. Some packages cannot be installed in Nano because they require continuous write access to the file system which may damage the flash.
The hard drives will likely continue to spin. Even if they don't it would be better to remove them.

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/425725https://forum.netgate.com/post/425725Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:10:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Harddrive always spinning on Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:46:33 GMT]]>Thank you, do i get The same perfomance of a usb stick compared to a harddrive?
Do i need to take the harddrive out,or will it stop to spin if i use a usb stick instead?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/425673https://forum.netgate.com/post/425673Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:46:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Harddrive always spinning on Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:08:00 GMT]]>@tjabas:

or is it possible to install pfsense on a usbstick instead?

Yes. Use one of the NanoBSD images.

Steve

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