hd-idle

hd-idle is a [Linux] utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period of idle time.

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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viragored Posted 2021-05-19

I've got this working on a couple of Raspberry Pi3 model B machines with external USB hard discs, one self-powered the other USB-powered. It works perfectly. Others have mentioned their discs spinning up again after hd-idle has wound them down. Neither of mine does that, so my guess would be something else on their system is accessing the disc.
omelette Posted 2020-08-25

I've just installed it on my old Raspberry 3B, after first installing the current recommended OS. It works - sort of. After the time-out period has elapsed, It switches off my Seagate external hard-disk alright, thing is, wait a couple of minutes, and the drive spins back up again, then remains spinning forever! Not what I was hoping for. An E for effort.
patbek Posted 2015-01-10

Exactly what I needed because the automatic spindown of my backup disk stopped working! Thank you very much!
eatnut Edited 2014-02-23

hdparm -S won't work for WD drive. So I found this great alternative. This is a great disk idle utility for western digital hard drives in linux. Very easy to use and put my hard drives in standby mode after 10 min inactivity. My OS is debian, I create a soft link in /etc/init.d and use update-rc.d to start hd-idle on boot. Works great.
tfileme Posted 2013-05-20

Thanks for Hd-idle, it's perfect!

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Operating Systems

Linux

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon)

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Registered

2007-04-19

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