[Plugin] Spin Down SAS Drives
Unraid does a nice job of controlling HDD's energy consumption (and probably longevity) by spinning down (mechanical) hard drives when idle for a set period of time.
Unfortunately the technique used by Unraid to spin down an HDD, true to the time of writing this, works only for ATA drives. If you have SCSI/SAS hard drives, these drives do not spin down (although the UI will indicate they do). The drives continue spinning 24x7, expanding the energy footprint of your Unraid server.
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Okay @DavidNguyen, here goes.
Again, please note this is not sanctioned by the plugin author and should be considered a hack, just for testing.
Also note that I didn't package it back into plugin format, which means that the change will be lost upon reboot.
Attached please find the modified script "autofan".
Steps to activate:
- Place the script in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.system.autofan/scripts/
- chmod 755 autofan
- Go to setting