Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-02 Thread Meino . Cramer
Dale [16-02-02 09:28]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > for storing not so often used data I bought a 2.5" external USB > > harddisk. > > > > This little beast has a very small timespan before it goes idle > > and (from the time needed to be woken up) it seems,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-02 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > for storing not so often used data I bought a 2.5" external USB > harddisk. > > This little beast has a very small timespan before it goes idle > and (from the time needed to be woken up) it seems, it parks its > heads then. > > The main usage of the disk to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-02 Thread Daniel Frey
On 02/02/2016 12:38 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi @all, > > thanks for the infos so far. > > Just to correct me if I got it wrong expressed > (sorry, I am no native english speaker...) > > The harddisk in question is this little external > USB hd, which is used for data storage only. >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-02 Thread wabenbau
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Is it advisable to try to longen the active time before the disk > goes idle to prolong the lifetime ? > Is it possible to do this with hdparm? I have three external USB disks. Two of them are going to sleep after a few minutes, one is always spinning. All of them

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-02 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 02 Feb 2016 09:38:33 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > The harddisk in question is this little external > USB hd, which is used for data storage only. > It is by far no server disk or anything else > high-end-24/7-thingy... ;) > > Best regards, > Meino I was running a 350GB WD Passport

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-01 Thread Nils Freydank
Hi, Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2016, 07:29:16 CET schrieb meino.cra...@gmx.de: > [...] > Is it advisable to try to longen the active time before the disk > goes idle to prolong the lifetime ? honestly I don't know what is worse - running the HDD permanently or parking the heads too often. I'm not

[gentoo-user] [OT] Manipulating a mobile external harddisk

2016-02-01 Thread Meino . Cramer
Hi, for storing not so often used data I bought a 2.5" external USB harddisk. This little beast has a very small timespan before it goes idle and (from the time needed to be woken up) it seems, it parks its heads then. The main usage of the disk to be connected to my PC from time to time, copy