> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2018 at 8:18 AM > From: "Ralf Corsepius" <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Hard drive to sleep > On 10/7/18 11:48 PM, Tim via users wrote: > > Allegedly, on or about 7 October 2018, Ralf Corsepius sent: > >> HW-wise you should check if your drive-hardware is suiteable to be > >> frequently "put to sleep/woken up". Most NAS- or server-class HDDs > >> are not, most desktop/notbook drives are. > > > > All the domestic NASs, that I've seen, put their drives to sleep when > > idle. It can actually be a pain, because they're very slow to wake up. > > Absolutely. > > My point actually was, one should check if a HDD actually is designed > for this use case. Many NAS- and enterprise/server-class drives are not > designed for this use case. Many are designed to be run "24/7" and not > for frequent spin ups/downs. > > One may argue whether this NAS/enterprise/consumer/... classification is > more than "manufacturer marketing". Some say so and some say so ;) > > Anyway, a historic example for such a case is a certain series of > WD-Reds (NAS-class HDD) some years ago, which prematurely died when > being used with frequent spin up/downs. > > Ralf > _______________________________________________ My question was simple I am a laptop running a SSD, and an additional Hard drive which is barely used When I am running an battery, I would like to put the HD on sleep, and wake it up only if I need it. I would to do it manually, and do it again at each boot if I need (sleeping mode). Is it possible? _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
