[CentOS] Drive activity every 30sec

Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> OOPS, been 15 min, about, and I just heard the drive seek again. But 15
> min I can live with; 30 sec was nerve-racking (on an otherwise silent
> system, no fan).

This may be of help, haven't tried it myself:
http://martin.hinner.info/mybook/spindown.php

Looks like you can get the system to log what causes the drive to spin
up.

nate