Western Digital don't "spin down"

[Jazer]

Hi,

 

I've mixed configuration of disk... internal + USB and 3*Seagates + 3*WD.

 

When I press "Spin down", all Seagates spin down, but all the WD still have a green orb.

 

hdparm result for Seagate:

/dev/sda:
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  70 00 05 00 00 00 00 15 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 drive state is:  standby

 

hdparm result for WD:

/dev/sde:
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]:  f0 00 01 00 50 40 ff 0a 80 00 00 00 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 drive state is:  unknown

 

It seems to be a smart issue with DW drives. Is there a fix, how I can obtain the correct value for the WD drives?

[trurl]

17 minutes ago, Jazer said:

internal + USB

USB NOT recommended for array or pools

[Jazer]

8 hours ago, trurl said:

USB NOT recommended for array or pools

Yeah... I know about that. Even that isn't recommended, it still works for my usecase very well. I've a internal 2TB NVME Cache, which is basicly used and the Mover pushes the files to the Array with USB HDD's from time to time.

 

Like I said, only the Standby handling with all my WD's (different Types) wont go to sleep (or can't provide the correct status).

Maybe that's a known issue or even it's not unRAID related.

[ChatNoir]

It is not a widespread WD issue. All my WD drives spin down without problem.

[Jazer]

/dev/sdc:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       WDC WD40EZRX-00SPEB0
	Serial Number:      WD-WCC4E1893XXX
	Firmware Revision:  80.00A80
	Transport:          Serial, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
	Supported: 9 8 7 6 5
	Likely used: 9
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:    16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:   268435455
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:  7814037168
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                  4096 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:     3815447 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:     4000787 MBytes (4000 GB)
	cache/buffer size  = unknown
	Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 5400
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Queue depth: 32
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, with device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16	Current = 0
	DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
	     Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	    	Security Mode feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	   *	Write cache
	   *	Look-ahead
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	WRITE_BUFFER command
	   *	READ_BUFFER command
	   *	NOP cmd
	   *	DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	    	Power-Up In Standby feature set
	   *	SET_FEATURES required to spinup after power up
	    	SET_MAX security extension
	   *	48-bit Address feature set
	   *	Device Configuration Overlay feature set
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
	   *	SMART error logging
	   *	SMART self-test
	   *	General Purpose Logging feature set
	   *	64-bit World wide name
	   *	WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
	   *	{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
	   *	Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Host-initiated interface power management
	   *	Phy event counters
	   *	NCQ priority information
	   *	READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
	    	DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
	    	Device-initiated interface power management
	    	Software settings preservation
	   *	SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
	   *	SCT Write Same (AC2)
	   *	SCT Features Control (AC4)
	   *	SCT Data Tables (AC5)
	    	unknown 206[12] (vendor specific)
	    	unknown 206[13] (vendor specific)
	    	unknown 206[14] (vendor specific)
Security:
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
	not	frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	more than 508min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. more than 508min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50014ee2b4e61XXX
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 0014ee
	Unique ID	: 2b4e61XXX
Checksum: correct

This is the result of "hdparm -I /dev/sdc" for a 3,5" WDC Drive. At least power management seems to be supported. While this is a older drive, it also doesnt work on newer WD drives.

[tosch34124]

Hi,

I have two 2,5" WD Elements Portable connected via USB and face the same issue. The drive status output by hdparm is "unknown".

Have you found a solution?

 

[RolandG]

Same problem with my WD Elements 14 TB. I use this USB HDD as a backup disk only twice a week. Under Windows, it works fine, and the HDD spins down after a few minutes. But under Unraid, the spin down feature is not available.
  

Edited June 23 by RolandG

[Zonediver]

1 hour ago, RolandG said:

Same problem with my WD Elements 14 TB. I use this USB HDD as a backup disk only twice a week. Under Windows, it works fine, and the HDD spins down after a few minutes. But under Unraid, the spin down feature is not available.
  

 

Spindown on USB-Disks seems not supported...

Did some tests with USB-Disks... all of them did not spin down.

Edited June 23 by Zonediver