[mythtv-users] External storage spin up time - mythfrontend sometimes times out

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Apr 25 22:11:44 UTC 2016


On 25/04/16 22:58, Saul wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:04:02 +0100
> Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dave Day <david.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My question is this:  Do modern USB drives spin up quickly enough
>>> so I won't have to worry about it, or do I need to tell these drives
>>> not to spin down (if that is possible)?
>>
>> I'd be surprised if interface type had much effect - it's the speed
>> of the drive itself that's going to restrict spin-up times. Can the
>> timeouts be adjusted, that would probably be a better way round the
>> problem.
>
> OS should be in charge of spindowns, not HDD firmware, I used idle3ctl
> to disable spindowns on my WD Red drives.
>
> http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
>
Your WD Reds power down!?!! I have never had that happen. I wouldn't want to, since they are 
NAS-certified drives and are expected to be available 24/7.

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Mike Perkins



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