On 2014-09-11, David Coppa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Laurence Rochfort ><[email protected]> wrote: >> If I set it for both drives they spin down. I take it that's the time >> in seconds the system has to be idle for before they spin down? > > Exactly. > > man 8 atactl
also see atactl apmset. >> What's the difference between idle and standby? > > For what I've understood, standby puts the disk in a even more deep > sleep state than idle. > > Btw, you can put the two commands into /etc/rc.local, so they will > survive a reboot. They don't always survive a suspend/resume cycle; if not, you can also put them in /etc/apm/resume.
