Drives outside of array not spinning down via hdparm in go script


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I've been using the following command in my go script to put drives that are not in the protected array to sleep:

 

hdparm -S 242 /dev/sd?

 

where ? is the individual drive.  Lately, I've noticed two issues:

 

1)  my drives keep changing designations - i.e. sdk will change to sdg thus making one or more of the commands not relevant to drives outside the array

2)  none of the drives listed in my go script will actually go to sleep unless I manually do it from MyMain.

 

Has something changed or does someone know a better way to do this?

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1)  my drives keep changing designations - i.e. sdk will change to sdg thus making one or more of the commands not relevant to drives outside the array

 

That is normal computer behavior and has to do with random timings in BIOS and the order the drives get recognized. If you only want to do this for certain drives you'll have to do it differently, perhaps using /dev/disk/by-uuid/ or /dev/disk/by-id/ instead of /dev/sd?.

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1)  my drives keep changing designations - i.e. sdk will change to sdg thus making one or more of the commands not relevant to drives outside the array

 

That is normal computer behavior and has to do with random timings in BIOS and the order the drives get recognized. If you only want to do this for certain drives you'll have to do it differently, perhaps using /dev/disk/by-uuid/ or /dev/disk/by-id/ instead of /dev/sd?.

 

Ok, thanks.  Should I use the id from blkid?  For example:

 

# blkid | grep /dev/sdk

 

EDIT:  I did find this thread but the whole label thing is confusing:

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=21465.msg190901#msg190901

 

And this thread where I actually posted over 3 yrs ago!

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=7931.0;nowap

 

But neither seems to address the sd? issue.  I've tried manually using "by-id" and "uuid" with no success.

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I have this dusty old rc script for my drives, you can hack it anyway you like.

It was designed to set hdparm spin down and add PUIS Power Up In Standby mode.

I have not used it in years. You can use it as a model, but I don't know how it will work.

 

It demonstrates using configured values in a here document to set HDPARM values on startup.

 

root@unRAID:/mnt/disk1/cache/boot/custom/etc/rc.d# more S01-hdparm 
#!/bin/bash

PUIS="-s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing"
HDPARM_TEST="-Tt "
UDMA6="-X udma6"

TMPFILE=/tmp/S01-hdparm.$$
trap "rm -f ${TMPFILE}" EXIT HUP INT QUIT TERM

while read DISK PARM
do
    [ -z "${DISK%\#*}" ] && continue
    echo
    ls -l ${DISK} > ${TMPFILE}
    read -a LS    < ${TMPFILE}
    # hddtemp -f /dev/null ${DISK} 2>/dev/null
    hdparm -I ${DISK} | egrep -i 'Number:' | tr -s " " " " | tr -d '\t\n'
    echo " -> ${LS[10]}"
    if [ "${SET:=YES}" = "YES" ]
       then hdparm ${PARM} ${DISK}
    fi
    if [ "${TEST:=NO}" = "YES" ]
       then hdparm ${HDPARM_TEST} ${DISK}
    fi
    # hdparm -I ${DISK} | egrep -i standby
done <<-EOF
# Symlinked devies by serial number
# include list with a similar command like this.
# ls -1 /dev/disk/by-id | grep scsi-SATA* | grep -v part >> S01-hdparm 
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31000340AS_5QJ0BH1D -S244
# /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31000340AS_3QJ08RZW -S244
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31000340AS_9QJ1Q30B -S244
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31500341AS_9VS08VEK -S244
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST31500341AS_9VS25PKR -S244
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ0353226 -S244 ${PUIS}
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ0437718 -S244 ${PUIS}
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ0808397 -S244 ${PUIS}
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1352706 -S244 ${PUIS}
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1353170 -S244 ${PUIS}
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-32_WD-WCASJ0126857 -S244 ${PUIS}
#
# Hard coded devices 
# /dev/sda -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sdb -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sdd -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sdc -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sde -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sdf -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
# /dev/sdg -S242 -s1 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing
EOF

exit

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I have this dusty old rc script for my drives, you can hack it anyway you like.

It was designed to set hdparm spin down and add PUIS Power Up In Standby mode.

I have not used it in years. You can use it as a model, but I don't know how it will work.

 

It demonstrates using configured values in a here document to set HDPARM values on startup.

 

Thanks for the reply.  It seems no matter what syntax I try, I can't get my devices to be recognized "by-uuid" or "by-id".  Here's what I get when I just issue a manual hdparm spindown timer command:

 

Tower login: root
Linux 3.9.11p-unRAID.
root@Tower:~# hdparm -S 25 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS: No such file or directory
root@Tower:~# hdparm -S 25 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS: No such file or directory
root@Tower:~# hdparm -S 25 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW0343S
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi_SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW0343S: No such file or directory

 

I'm sure it's a simple syntax issue but I'm not that proficient with these commands.

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What does "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" show?

 

Model/Serial -> device id

 

root@unRAIDb:/# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ | egrep -v 'part|usb'

total 0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  4 01:48 ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB -> ../../sdc

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  4 01:48 ata-HGST_HDN726060ALE610_NAG1D7TP -> ../../sdd

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  3 22:54 ata-HGST_HDN726060ALE610_NAG1DEKP -> ../../sdb

root@unRAIDb:/# hdparm -tT /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB:

Timing cached reads:  2916 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1457.72 MB/sec

Timing buffered disk reads: 496 MB in  3.01 seconds = 165.01 MB/sec

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What does "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" show?

 

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2014.12.07 09:22:40 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

Tower login: root
Linux 3.9.11p-unRAID.
root@Tower:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [0m[01;36mata-Hitachi_HDS5C3020ALA632_ML4220F312RXSK[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-Hitachi_HDS5C3020ALA632_ML4220F312RXSK-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf1[0m[K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST2000DM001-9YN164_W1E1KAXV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST2000DM001-9YN164_W1E1KAXV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_W1F2ZDFV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST3000DM001-1CH166_W1F2ZDFV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW024TM[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW024TM-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW0343S[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW0343S-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW2ARMA[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW2ARMA-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW2B7XV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_5XW2B7XV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW01EP1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW01EP1-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW04PTA[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW04PTA-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW055PH[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST32000542AS_6XW055PH-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST320005XXXX_5XW04ZSB[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST320005XXXX_5XW04ZSB-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST4000DM000-1F2168_Z300W3KJ[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-ST4000DM000-1F2168_Z300W3KJ-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236BA57GS[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236BA57GS-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_236DEZJGS-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS5C30_ML4220F312RXSK[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_Hitachi_HDS5C30_ML4220F312RXSK-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST2000DM001-9YN_W1E1KAXV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST2000DM001-9YN_W1E1KAXV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST3000DM001-1CH_W1F2ZDFV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST3000DM001-1CH_W1F2ZDFV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW024TM[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW024TM-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW0343S[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW0343S-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW2ARMA[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW2ARMA-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW2B7XV[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_5XW2B7XV-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW01EP1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW01EP1-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW04PTA[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW04PTA-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW055PH[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST32000542AS_6XW055PH-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST320005XXXX_5XW04ZSB[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST320005XXXX_5XW04ZSB-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST4000DM000-1F2_Z300W3KJ[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_ST4000DM000-1F2_Z300W3KJ-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA_236BA57GS[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA_236BA57GS-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA_236DEZJGS[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mscsi-SATA_TOSHIBA_DT01ACA_236DEZJGS-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36musb-SanDisk_U3_Cruzer_Micro_43243218E7908694-0:0[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdh[0m[K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36musb-SanDisk_U3_Cruzer_Micro_43243218E7908694-0:0-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdh1[0m[K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000039ff4c52641[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000039ff4c52641-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdj1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000039ff4c5a8f3[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000039ff4c5a8f3-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sde1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c500162690b7[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c500162690b7-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdb1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001636101f[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001636101f-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdd1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50016361aa1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50016361aa1-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdg1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001648b576[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001648b576-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdm1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001684a5e9[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5001684a5e9-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdc1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50017d81677[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50017d81677-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdi1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5002f1021c3[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5002f1021c3-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdo1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5002f18a1da[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5002f18a1da-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdn1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5005c688fc6[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5005c688fc6-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdk1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5006095468b[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c5006095468b-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdl1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50064f214a6[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000c50064f214a6-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sda1[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000cca369cf5650[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf[0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2014-12-07 09:07 [01;36mwwn-0x5000cca369cf5650-part1[0m -> [40;33;01m../../sdf1[0m
root@Tower:~# 

 

 

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What does "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" show?

 

Model/Serial -> device id

 

root@unRAIDb:/# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ | egrep -v 'part|usb'

total 0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  4 01:48 ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB -> ../../sdc

 

 

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  4 01:48 ata-HGST_HDN726060ALE610_NAG1D7TP -> ../../sdd

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Dec  3 22:54 ata-HGST_HDN726060ALE610_NAG1DEKP -> ../../sdb

root@unRAIDb:/# hdparm -tT /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HGST_HDN724040ALE640_PK2334PCHX2DLB:

Timing cached reads:  2916 MB in  2.00 seconds = 1457.72 MB/sec

Timing buffered disk reads: 496 MB in  3.01 seconds = 165.01 MB/sec

 

ok, seems to be working now when I use /dev/disk/by-id/ata...

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT:  I guess I spoke too soon.  While the disk is now being recognized "by-id", it's not spinning down with the -S command?!

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I don't have a definitive answer on this issue. Something is accessing them. What that is, is unknown to me.

 

 

If these drives are outside the array, perhaps come up in safe mode without loading anything.

use the hdparm -S242 command manually to make sure one of the installed packages or plugins are not accessing the drive.

 

 

Even a well intentioned smartctl command can cause a drive to spin up or stop from being spun down.

There's a reason Tom forces a spindown with hdparm -y instead of relying on the drive timers.

 

 

 

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I think I understand what you're saying but if something were accessing the system then when I spin them down via MyMain from the UnMenu gui, I might expect them to spin back up from time to time but they never do.  Perhaps I just need to issue the same command that MyMain does when I click the arrow to spin it down?  How would I determine this?

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