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