On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 08:39 +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: [...] > Ideally, I'd like it to go to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity, but > wake more or less instantly when a new smb connection is initiated.
Look at the -S option to the 'hdparm' command. I find disks seem to occasionally forget their power settings, so I reissue the command in my script that does some daily backup tasks. [...] > I need advice on what else I can do to keep the device with disks unspun > for most of the day, yet still be available almost immediately when > other clients on the LAN need some NAS services. > It won't be 'immediate' as it takes time for the motor to get a disk spinning at the correct speed, about 3 seconds for my 3 inch drives. -- Tixy
