And now we're at it: Is there a way I can prevent bitcoind from [writing to ~/.bitcoin/debug.log]?
Code:
$ bitcoind stop
bitcoin server stopping
$ cd ~/.bitcoin
$ rm -f debug.log
$ ln -s /dev/null debug.log
$ bitcoind -server
Cheers,
Topic: Bitcoin is abusing my harddrive (Read 2550 times)
Cheers,
Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
On Linux the file ~/.bitcoin/debug.log is constantly being appended to. As I'm writing this message my desktop machine has an uptime of 1d 6h 33m, and the debug.log file — that (re)starts from zero lines at bitcoind invocation — contains 443'528 lines with a total of 16'109'442 bytes. This means that bitcoind on average writes more than 8 KiB / 242 lines to disk every minute.(And now we're at it: Is there a way I can prevent bitcoind from doing so?)
Cheers,
I realize that a) the drives have s.m.a.r.t. and b) it may still be under warrentee but would this be a job for
GRC Corp's Spinrite ? As BitCoin as just a uch an intellectual exercise as it is a real way to make virtual money
it was Spinrite that made everyone's BitCoins' worth a couple USD more. Perhaps a little Supprt for the TWiT Network
Show and Steve Gibson's program? You very well may have Spinrite in your tech support toolbox already, if you don't
I reccommend it for all spinning discos (drives not balls)
@TinkerToyTech on the twitter
@GRC GRC Corp on the twitter
@NoAgenda #inTHeMorning!
GRC Corp's Spinrite ? As BitCoin as just a uch an intellectual exercise as it is a real way to make virtual money
it was Spinrite that made everyone's BitCoins' worth a couple USD more. Perhaps a little Supprt for the TWiT Network
Show and Steve Gibson's program? You very well may have Spinrite in your tech support toolbox already, if you don't
I reccommend it for all spinning discos (drives not balls)
@TinkerToyTech on the twitter
@GRC GRC Corp on the twitter
@NoAgenda #inTHeMorning!
I just lost a hard drive (RIP WD3200). Luckily there wasn't a lot on there (ironically, most of it was back up data from my main hard drive), but it sure taught me a lesson.
Good to know?
Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
When I download something in firefox it doesn't click, so it's not a function of how much data is being written.Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
It could be that you have bad sectors that were allocated to Bitcoin-related files. Bad sectors often cause clicking, and they could be assigned to any file, not just Bitcoin, just as a matter of probability.
I'd have to hear the clicking to know for sure. But Bitcoin is not a hard-drive-intensive application. I suggest backing up important files and at least running a diagnostic to make sure the hard drive isn't on its last leg. (hard drives use forward error correction to silently recover from the beginnings of failure, then they offer a diagnostic feature called S.M.A.R.T. so you can catch the failure before the whole drive is ruined)
Good to know?
Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
When I download something in firefox it doesn't click, so it's not a function of how much data is being written. Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
And backup your important data on another physical drive ASAP (google "click of death")
your wallet.dat for instance 
And backup your important data on another physical drive ASAP (google "click of death")
Good to know?
Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
Odds are you are still downloading the block chain and once that is done it won't access your hard drive much more.
Regardless, a clicking hard drive is a bad sign. You might want to invest in a new one.
When I run bitcoin, my harddrive will constantly click. I can't run the program because the clicking drives me batty.
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