Sorry it's 'hdparm -S' to set sleep time, not small s! -- James B portoteache...@fastmail.com
Em Qui, 12 Nov ʼ20, às 12:25, James B escreveu: > You can set the sleep time in the firmware of most drives, although > some respond better than others. I've been able to set the sleep time > in WD drives but not Seagate, but both go to sleep when instructed. I > have an old Iomega ix2-200 running Arch ARM.I use 'hdparm' to instruct > the drives to sleep for exactly the same reasons as you. > > The package is 'hdparm' in Debian.Simply (as root) enter 'hdparm -y > /dev/sdx to manually put the drive to sleep. > > I believe 'hdparm -s ' allows you to set the sleep time, but the > options will be shown to you if you enter 'hdparm -h' > > Hope that helps! > > > -- > James B > portoteache...@fastmail.com > > Em Qui, 12 Nov ʼ20, às 12:18, Thomas Anderson escreveu: > > Hello List, > > > > I have two drives (setup in a RAID 1 array). > > > > The drives are mostly for archive purposes, and accessible via SMB on my > > local network. > > > > They are not constantly accessed, and performance/speed is irrelevant. > > > > I would rather they idle/sleep when not being directly accessed. I know > > they are supposed to spin, and spinning them up and down is not good for > > them. But, in my particular use case, it seems acceptable. > > > > Am I off base? > > > > Can anyone recommend a way to do this in debian? Is there a program that > > will allow me to set this? > > > > > >