WD Red Nas spindown (but I don't want!)

Hi everybody,

After reinstalled (twice) OMV on my Rpi4 (due to a big issue), my WD RED 8to (special NAS), spin down after few minutes of inactivity. I set up it in "Storage" -> "Disks" and I tried both options 128 and 192. But it doesn't work. To do things correctly, on the second install, I swiped the HDD and create again the file system on it. But still doesn't work...

I don't understand... before I had to reinstall OMV all worked perfectly.

I used to work with NextCloud via Docker, so I don't want the HDD to sleep.

Could somebody help me?

Thanx in advance.

Hello,

Yes the drive is connected by USB

Zitat von macom

You can diable hdparm completely with

hdparm -B255 /dev/sdx

replace x with the correct letter for your drive

ok thanx, seems to work thanks that command line

NO, finally it doesn't work my HDD keeps to spin down ...

Another solution?

Thanx in advance...

Zitat von macom

Did you check if the USB-to-sata controller performs a spin down? You might be able to change the spin down time or disable it using some tool provided by the supplier of the controller.

Hello, I don't know how to do that...

Zitat von macom

Check the documentation or ask the support from the supplier. Or post the type here, maybe there are users that have experience.

I use a Raspberry Pi 4...

Hi my HDD is a Western Digital 8to which is in an external case connect with a usb cable to the RPi.

Zitat von macom

Maybe the Western Digital Drive Utilities are able to change the spin down settings:

https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?DL

You may have to install it on a Windows Computer and connect the drive to that computer to change the settings.

You can also ask here: https://community.wd.com/

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Unfortunately it doesn't work. I think it's beacause the file system is EXT4 which is not recognize buy the OS.

The thing I don't understand is why did it work before i reinstalled OMV and it doesn't work anymore now?

I think I'm gonna to let the HDD doing what it wants to do... sleep or not sleep, that is the question...

Zitat von macom

One not so elegant solution would be to touch a file on the drive using a scheduled job every x minutes. WIth x smaller than the spin down time it should prevent the drive from spinning down.

touch /srv/dev-disk-by-label-xxxx/stop_spin_down_file

Hi! I tried this and it seems to work. I think it's the SATA to USB controller which cause my HDD to sleep. Apparently it's automatic after 10 minutes of inactivity.

I set the "touch" command every 3 minutes. Do you think it's a good thing? Will it not be stressful for the drive?