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--- doc:appunti:hardware:raspberrypi_nas_smart_hard_disk [2021/04/16 15:11] – [smartctl] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:hardware:raspberrypi_nas_smart_hard_disk [2022/01/07 14:04] (current) – [Letting the hard drive to remain in standby mode] niccolo
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-Regardless of the APM level, we can set the hard disk **Standby timer** (spindown) after 30 minutes of inactivity. See **man hdparm** for explanation of the number following the **%%-S%%** option (it seems that there is not way to know the timeout once you have set it):
+Regardless of the APM level, we can set the hard disk **Standby timer** (spindown) after 30 minutes of inactivity. See **man hdparm** for explanation of the number following the **%%-S%%** option (the granularity of the timer up to 20 minutes is 5 seconds, above that threshold it is 30 minutes). It seems that there is not way to know the timeout once you have set it.
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 # It is advisable to disable write cache in this case.
 # See man hdparm(8), -S and -W options.
+# The granularity of the spindown_time up to 20 minutes is 5
+# seconds, above that threshold it is 30 minutes.
 /dev/sda {
         write_cache = off
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   * **updatedb** - Execute by the **/etc/cron.daily/mlocate** cronjob, will update the database of files stored on hard disk. Add the directory to be skipped into **/etc/updatedb.conf**.
-  * **smartctl** - Reading SMART attributes (e.g. disk temperature, errors log) awake the disk. Hou may have periodic checks executed by **snmpd**, etc.
+  * **smartctl** - Reading SMART attributes (e.g. disk temperature, errors log) awake the disk. You may have periodic checks executed by **snmpd**, etc.
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