linux-cli-hdparm

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Shutdown external drive §

• Shutdown my (backup) hard disk on Linux when I don’t use it - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
• after 5 seconds of idling, shutdown the drive (no more noise!)

hdparm -S 1 /dev/sdb

hd-idle §

sudo apt install hd-idle
 
sudo nano /etc/default/hd-idle # Config: Set -i to e.g. 60 seconds
 
sudo systemctl enable hd-idle
sudo systemctl start hd-idle