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Hdparm: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hdparm
E.g:
hdparm -B 127 /dev/sdaI know it’s archwiki, but it’s the same on every distro
Wow, this question takes me back to like the 00’s when laptops had battery life measured in minutes.
Spin down when not in use is normally default behaviour for most systems already, you don’t need to do anything.
Don’t do that
Why?
Creates a bunch of extra wear on the drives. They’ll die very fast. Keep them spinning.
This is what I would think instinctively too, but still asked as I did not know if my instincts are correct. It’s like starting and stopping the car engine on every traffic light…
Seriously, I don’t know if this is precisely accurate but definitely don’t spin down. Data errors, software problems if it has to wait for spin up and then something experiences a timeout.
I’ve had some drives spinning for like twenty years without any problems.
You can use hdparm with the -S parameter to set the standby/spindown time for a hard drive.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hdparm#Power_management_configuration
umount maybe
