> On 2 May 2019, at 21:40, kidstypike > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > JMF11 wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have piCore on a Raspberry Pi. It seems that my external disk just >> died. I have to buy a new one. Having the HDD go to sleep between using >> it for music is important to save some lifetime and for noise concerns. >> The experiments I made some years ago showed that not all disks have a >> suitable sleep management mode possible to control from the RPi and >> piCore. >> >> Would you advice powered or not powered ones (the one I had was powered >> through the USB) ? >> >> Would you have references of suitable external HDD that would suit the >> mission ? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Best regards, >> >> JMF > > You don't give the size of your library? > > My 18,000 track library fits easily on to a 500GB SSD: > https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078SWJ3CF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > <https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078SWJ3CF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1> > small, lightweight, fast, silent. > > >
Absolutely - I bought an SSD and the improvement in speed, starting to play, synching (no idea why) and everything else was *tremendous*. Best investment ever for the pi. Rainer > *Server - LMS 7.9.2 *Pi3B+/pCP 4.1.0 25K library playlists & LMS cache > on SSD (ntfs) > *Study -* Pi3B+/pCP 4.1.0/pi screen/HiFiBerry DAC+/jivelite, > *Lounge* - Pi2/pCP 4.1.0 > HiFiBerry DIGI+ > AudioEngine DAC1 > AVI DM5 > *Dining Room* - Squeezebox Boom > *Garage* - Pi3B/Pi screen/HiFiBerry DAC+/pCP 4.1.0 > Edifier R980T > *Spares* - 2xTouch, 1xSB3, 1xRadio, 4xRPi > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > kidstypike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436 > <http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10436> > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110534 > <http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110534> > > _______________________________________________ > unix mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix > <http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix> -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066 Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zürich Office Y34-J-74 Winterthurerstrasse 190 8075 Zürich Switzerland Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64 Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 email: [email protected] [email protected] Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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