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,
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
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.
>
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
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
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
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