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How do I minimize idle I/O on Linux to decrease noise?

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Mar 15, 20263901 views
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If I put Linux on my machine, what steps should I take so that it ONLY tries to access the hard drive when I physically work on it. i.e., the grinding sounds are annoying me when I try to fall asleep.

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You can use iotop (preferably with a large interval and the option) to find out which program is writing to disk. If you have enough RAM, you may also want to turn off swap with: , or permanently by removing the swap line from . The typical culprits…

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