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Oct 09, 2012 For all systems the hibernatefile should be '/var/vm/sleepimage' by default, and for laptops the hibernatemode should have a value of 3 and for desktops it should be 0. If these values are. Quicksilver 867, Pismo 500, G5 dual 2, Macbook C2D, Mac OS X (10.4.10) Posted on Mar 7, 2008 9:33 AM.

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Hibernation (also known as suspend to disk, or Safe Sleep on Macintosh computers[1]) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state. When hibernation begins, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage. When the computer is turned on the RAM is restored and the computer is exactly as it was before entering hibernation. Hibernation was first implemented in 1992 and patented[2] by Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston, Texas. As of 2020, Microsoft's Windows 10 employs a type of hibernation by default when shutting down.[3]

Uses[edit]

After hibernating, the hardware is powered down like a regular shutdown.[4] The system can have a total loss of power for an indefinite length of time and then resume to the original state. Hibernation is mostly used in laptops, which have limited battery power available.[4] It can be set to happen automatically on a low battery alarm. Most desktops also support hibernation, mainly as a general energy saving measure and allows for replacement of a removable battery quickly. Google and Apple mobile hardware (Android, Chromebooks, iOS) do not support hibernation. Apple hardware using macOS calls hibernation Safe Sleep.[5]

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Comparison to sleep mode[edit]

Many systems support a low-power sleep mode in which the processing functions of the machine are lowered, using a trickle of power to preserve the contents of RAM and support waking up. Instantaneous resumption is one of the advantages of sleep mode over hibernation. A hibernated system must start up and read data from permanent storage and then transfer that back to RAM, which takes longer and depends on the speed of the permanent storage device, often much slower than RAM memory. A system in sleep mode only needs to power up the CPU and display, which is almost instantaneous. On the other hand, a system in sleep mode still consumes power to keep the data in the RAM. Detaching power from a system in sleep mode results in data loss, while cutting the power of a system in hibernation has no risk; the hibernated system can resume when and if the power is restored. Both shut down and hibernated systems may consume standby power unless they are unplugged.[6]

Hibernation is a means of avoiding the burden of saving unsaved data before shutting down and restoring all running programs and re-opening documents and browser tabs. Both hibernation and sleep preserve memory fragmentation and atrophy that lead to mobile devices working more poorly the longer you avoid a power off.[citation needed] This is why many experts[who?] recommend a frequent shut down or reboot of electronic devices.

First implementation[edit]

The first working retail hibernation was in 1992 on the Compaq LTE Lite 386 as noted in its sales material.[7] It is made possible in part due to the sleep and protected mode opcodes in the Intel 386 CPU. It was implemented in ROM and worked independent of the operating system with no drivers needed. The LTE would sense low battery and prevented data loss by making used of a hidden partition. It preserved and restored the system in the midst of disk writes and operations with a math co-processor. It could also be controlled using an optional software GUI or a customized keyboard shortcut. It was tested on DOS, Windows 3.1, Banyan Vines, and Novell Netware. Compaq's hibernation is also noted in an IBM patent[8] from 1993.

Operating system support[edit]

Early implementations of hibernation used the BIOS as noted above, but modern operating systems usually handle hibernation themselves. Hibernation is defined as sleeping mode S4 in the ACPI specification.[9]

Microsoft Windows[edit]

On Windows computers, hibernation is available only if all hardware and device drivers are ACPI and plug-and-play–compliant. This allows some desktop computers to hibernate quickly to SSD in the event of a power failure and power supplied to even a lightweight or aging UPS. Hibernation can be invoked from the Start menu or the command line.[10]

Windows 95 supports hibernation through hardware manufacturer-supplied drivers and only if compatible hardware and BIOS are present. Since Windows 95 supports only Advanced Power Management (APM), hibernation is called Suspend-to-Disk. Windows 98 and later support ACPI. However, hibernation often caused problems since most hardware was not fully ACPI 1.0 compliant or did not have WDM drivers. There were also issues with the FAT32 file system.[11]

Windows 2000 is the first Windows to support hibernation at the operating system level (OS-controlled ACPI S4 sleep state) without special drivers from the hardware manufacturer. A hidden system file named 'hiberfil.sys' in the root of the boot partition is used to store the contents of RAM when the computer hibernates. In Windows 2000, this file is as big as the total RAM installed.

Windows Me, the last release in the Windows 9x family, also supports OS controlled hibernation and requires disk space equal to that of the computer's RAM.[12][13]

Windows XP further improved support for hibernation.[14] Hibernation and resumption are much faster as memory pages are compressed using an improved algorithm; compression is overlapped with disk writes, unused memory pages are freed and DMA transfers are used during I/O.[15]hiberfil.sys contains further information including processor state. This file was documented by a security researcher Matthieu Suiche[16] during Black Hat Briefings 2008 who also provided a computer forensics framework to manage and convert this file into a readable memory dump.[17] The compression feature was later documented by Microsoft as well.[18]

Although Windows XP added support for more than 4 gigabytes of memory (through Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition), this operating system, as well as Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 do not support hibernation when this amount of memory is installed because of performance issues associated with saving such a large pool of data from RAM to disk.[19]

Windows Vista introduced a hybrid sleep feature, which saves the contents of memory to hard disk but instead of powering down, enters sleep mode. If the power is lost, the computer can resume as if hibernated.

Windows 7 introduced compression to the hibernation file and set the default size to 75% of the total physical memory.[18] Microsoft also recommends to increase the size using the powercfg.exe tool in some rare workloads where the memory footprint exceeds that amount. It can be set from anywhere between 50% to 100%, although decreasing it is not recommended.

Windows 8's resume-from-hibernation algorithm is multi-core optimized. Windows 8 also introduces a Fast startup feature. When users select the Shut Down option, it hibernates the computer, but closes all programs and logs out the user session before hibernating.[20] According to Microsoft, a regular hibernation includes more data in memory pages which takes longer to be written to disk. In comparison, when the user session is closed, the hibernation data is much smaller and therefore takes less time to write to disk and resume. Windows 8 also saves the kernel image. Users have the option of performing a traditional shutdown by holding down the Shift key while clicking Shut Down.[21]

Windows 10 mirrors windows 8 as noted by Microsoft[22]

Hibernation is often under-used in business environments as it is difficult to enable it on a large network of computers without resorting to third-party PC power management software.[23] This omission by Microsoft has been criticized as having led to a huge waste in energy.[24]

Third-party power management programs offer features beyond those present in Windows.[25][26][27] Most products offer Active Directory integration and per-user or per-machine settings with more advanced power plans, scheduled power plans, anti-insomnia features and enterprise power usage reporting. Notable vendors include 1E NightWatchman,[28][29] Data Synergy PowerMAN (Software),[30]Faronics Power Save[31] and Verdiem SURVEYOR.[32]

It is possible to disable hibernation and delete hiberfil.sys.[33]

macOS[edit]

On Macs, a feature known as Safe Sleep saves the contents of volatile memory to the system hard disk each time the Mac enters Sleep mode. The Mac can instantaneously wake from sleep mode if power to the RAM has not been lost. However, if the power supply was interrupted, such as when removing batteries without an AC power connection, the Mac would wake from Safe Sleep instead, restoring memory contents from the hard drive.[34] Because Safe Sleep's hibernation process occurs during regular Sleep, the Apple menu does not have a 'hibernate' option.

Safe Sleep capability was added in Mac models starting with the October 2005 PowerBook G4 (Double-Layer SD). Safe Sleep requires Mac OS X v10.4 or higher.

Shortly after Apple started supporting Safe Sleep, Mac enthusiasts released a hack to enable this feature for much older Mac computers running Mac OS X v10.4.[35] The classic Mac OS once also supported hibernation, but this feature was dropped by Apple.[36]

Linux[edit]

In the Linux kernel, hibernation is implemented by swsusp which is built into the 2.6 series. An alternative implementation is TuxOnIce which is available as patches for the kernel version 3.4. TuxOnIce provides advantages such as support for symmetric multiprocessing and preemption. Another alternative implementation is uswsusp. All three refer to it as 'suspend-to-disk'. Now[when?], in most Linux distributions, Linux hibernation is managed by systemd.

Hybrid sleep[edit]

Sleep mode and hibernation can be combined: The contents of RAM are copied to the non-volatile storage and the computer enters sleep mode. This approach combines the benefits of sleep mode and hibernation: The machine can resume instantaneously, and its state, including open and unsaved files, survives a power outage. Hybrid sleep consumes as much power as sleep mode while hibernation powers down the computer.[37][4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'What is safe sleep on Mac?'. Apple Support. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. ^'Hibernation Patent'(PDF). Patents.google.com. 1998. Archived(PDF) from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^windows-driver-content. 'Delivering a great startup and shutdown experience'. docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  4. ^ abc'Sleep and hibernation: frequently asked questions'. Windows 7 Online Help. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ^'What is safe sleep on Mac?'. Apple Support. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. ^'Shut down, sleep, or hibernate your PC'. support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  7. ^'Sales Material from Compaq Computer Corp'(PDF). 10000 Bit. 1992. Archived from the original on 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  8. ^[1], 'Hibernation file creation device and method', issued 1993-07-26
  9. ^ACPI Specification Rev 3.0b[dead link]
  10. ^Microsoft Help and Support – How To Put the System into hibernation or Standby from Run menu[dead link]
  11. ^BIOS and Hibernate Issues for FAT32 File System
  12. ^'Interview with Nicolas Coudière, Chief Product Manager: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)'. Activewin.com. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  13. ^'Windows Power Management'. Microsoft.com. 2001-12-04. Archived from the original on 2004-07-13. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  14. ^Windows Power Management: Instant PC availability and energy savings
  15. ^Kernel Enhancements for Windows XP
  16. ^BlackHat USA 2008 – Windows hibernation file for fun and profit[dead link]
  17. ^SandMan Computer Forensics Framework[dead link]
  18. ^ ab'Reducing the Disk Footprint for Windows 7 Hibernation'. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  19. ^'You cannot put a computer that has more than 4 GB of memory into hibernation in Windows XP, in Windows Server 2003, in Windows Vista, or in Windows Server 2008'. Support (9.0 ed.). Microsoft. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2014.[dead link]
  20. ^Delivering fast boot times in Windows 8[dead link]
  21. ^[2][dead link]
  22. ^windows-driver-content. 'Delivering a great startup and shutdown experience'. docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  23. ^Enable hibernate using group policy
  24. ^EcoGeek – How Windows XP Wasted $25 Billion of Energy
  25. ^'Power Management Software for Windows Workstations'. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  26. ^'Energy Star Commercial Packages List'.
  27. ^The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. 'HMC: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Building for Schools'. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  28. ^'PC Power Management Solutions'.
  29. ^'Why use software NightWatchman to turn your PCs off?'.[dead link]
  30. ^'University of Oxford Low Carbon Project: Energy and the networked computing environment'.
  31. ^'Forrester Study: Total Economic Impact of Faronics Power Save'(PDF).[dead link]
  32. ^'1E upgrades NightWatchman, seeks to bring powermanagement to SMEs: Competitive landscape'(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-07-07.
  33. ^How to disable and re-enable hibernation on a computer that is running Windows; Microsoft; August 12, 2010.
  34. ^'Apple Support: Progress bar appears after waking from sleep'. February 20, 2006. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.
  35. ^'How to Safe Sleep (Hibernate) Your Mac'. AndrewEscobar.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05.
  36. ^'Sleep Memory Extension 1.0 Document and Software'. Archived from the original on August 19, 2007.
  37. ^'Turn off a computer: frequently asked questions'. Windows Vista Online Help. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 15 October 2011.[dead link]
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Since quite some time Mac OS also has a hibernation mode, also known as suspend-to-disk. But as usual for Mac, you cannot select it by hand. In fact, a suspend-to-ram always does a suspend-to-disk as well, so that in a case of power loss (like empty battery) you can start the computer from the image on the hard disk without losing anything. Apple calls this suspend combination „Safe-Sleep„.

So far so nice. But sometimes you might want to go directly into hibernation mode. Therefore I wrote a little applescript, which in respect to similar scripts doesn’t need any administrator rights to work. In fact the icon was the most difficult part.

Download it right here.

For an easy access to the hibernation mode, you either move it to /Applications/ or somewhere else and drag it into your dock, or you put it in ~/Library/Scripts and activate the script menu with the Applescript Utility.

PS.: If your Mac does not support the hibernation mode, there is a chance that you can enable it. Look here.

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PPS.: As a Mac OS X user you might also be interested in another tool by me: UpdateCheck (Software Update Notifications for Non-Admin-Users)

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Troubleshooting: if you experience that your computer still goes into normal sleep mode, open Hibernate.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt and increase the delay to 30 at the end of the script.