minus-squareripreddit@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•How can I make a HDD shut down automatically if it is not being used?linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIf that’s your goal I would set the apm on the disk so it spins down quickly when not active. hdparm -B 50 -S 30 /dev/disk linkfedilink
minus-squareripreddit@lemmy.mltoLinux@lemmy.ml•How can I make a HDD shut down automatically if it is not being used?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHdparm has 2 -(Yy) flags that should work for you linkfedilink
If that’s your goal I would set the apm on the disk so it spins down quickly when not active.
hdparm -B 50 -S 30 /dev/disk