[mythtv-users] USB Hard Drive Lifespans and power usage question

[John Drescher]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:58 PM, mythtv at blandford.net
<mythtv at blandford.net> wrote:
> Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
>
>> Also, I am aware I can use hdparm, but does that mean that unless I manually
>> spin down the drives with hdparm, they will remain spinning at top speed?
>> Seems to me that Windows knows how to do this automatically; I figured linux
>> did as well. There must be a way.
>>
>
> Use hdparm as was previously suggested.  If you read the man page, it
> will tell you how to configure the drives to spin down after a set
> period of time of inactivity.
>

Here is what I have in my local.start file


hdparm -S 250 /dev/sda
hdparm -S 250 /dev/sdb
hdparm -S 250 /dev/sdc
hdparm -S 250 /dev/sdd

This sets my drives to have a 5 hour spin down time.

John