On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 17:55:59 -0700 Tomas K <[email protected]> dijo:
>Try hdparam to control sleep time. > >Here is Ubuntu link: >https://askubuntu.com/questions/39760/how-can-i-control-hdd-spin-down-t >ime > >If that does not work, and you cannot change your DAS settings, you >might need to look at powertop to check if your USB is not going to >sleep. > >Synology NAS have settings to set disk sleep timer. It is a great way >to prolong disk life and reduce heat and noise. By default it is off. I looked at the Ubuntu link above, which led me to look at the Disks utility. The Disks utility has a button to display Standby, Advanced Power Management, and Write Cache. For my Movies USB they were all set to OFF. Then I tried powertop, which I had to install first. It would have told me more if I had understood the display. The top line seemed to be the Movies USB drive, and it said: 1.5 ms/s 360.9 Process [usb-storage] It kept changing, but the above is typical of what it displayed. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
