From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 7 18:33:22 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE252F481FE for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 18:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from non.euc.geo.1854@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pf0-x234.google.com (mail-pf0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c00::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44EED86A3F for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2018 18:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from non.euc.geo.1854@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pf0-x234.google.com with SMTP id z10so1270612pfh.13 for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:33:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:disposition-notification-to :date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=WCEQYYp9EIcwQfk9Cy4x/DydHvbFpye5ndDqLZwcKgI=; b=n0m7Ca8KRHOqkHWCvJjk1hcLH1Ci6Y5Y2QXdw7MLTNLHAZDVxDgvPQdT+Vu2Ek4uD3 txzuSnlp3qty1sWCT1a5Na62Twnrv60Qo+2n71ap0Mb0FPhv/CFnDusIqmKjuk79EFVs UgE2cvIB3u30ZQ4xicT0X+1G/vO49q71nO5N/1vwQg1Es1gL9HRYVBWM5hGRs3QH4eXB Bu3RdhjYX/t6cYiE/nO/8AwaiuGjdnI3+kA9QMdH+qjcJbxd7YBihKIE0HbxjI3sIh7E ergtq+FXEcuqeFp5+3OJScw4QOeDeaThtnRzYXRdlq+GaNuUcmTh+ZP5nA/pE8ccy+5L 0jwQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id :disposition-notification-to:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=WCEQYYp9EIcwQfk9Cy4x/DydHvbFpye5ndDqLZwcKgI=; b=lpofznL1vGODQFop0pvnmTZwfNKQN7QcpdPB+sfzA2q929TzPNS5yoBnCACVcy9rst YXeDcmzaSUS/A18TdiHv1JKIiFHLV5BgkVMp5KrjlapU6HghwT8OKL+acDmwHnBbpUNi ZVNUN8/aX/p/FJwylagD1xk8bzio15jmYYboOjx+lqzyZeVJHPV/ozBisOnOsyxTKOLM sY6e3O7jzU90Ihfx6y7Hq8EOXOuOMmu0P4aL5uBa+O1jRqpM7hVz6AbCF/1tEGkUcgGt qtAw14yxb42pDk4D/FVNlPWWWxVdAUsEesnPzAXkl3ZwLJBEsXzfTTTo0gTc3q/gQnKH Uw5A== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDH//yMEHDUqHyH3WOx3fIp/e28HezD5YduFP2qB7RekG7a7Eva pFHhbrosM0NtWu6UVISjNVVPJw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AG47ELssqYgf00rgOOIvft7m2D1QEHTxsIfVP7ucDtgYvqwKSOeUFRn76cb9etzGb88+heUJHvbOxQ== X-Received: by 10.98.206.1 with SMTP id y1mr23552251pfg.196.1520447601043; Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:33:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.7] ([35.129.64.201]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 9sm38514340pfq.63.2018.03.07.10.33.19 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 07 Mar 2018 10:33:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: How to prevent HDD spin-down. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <045b9b33-5982-c19c-d009-31bfd2c8fd7d@gmail.com> From: "J.B." Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 10:33:18 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:33:23 -0000 On 03/06/2018 01:31 PM, freebsd@fongaboo.com wrote: > > You didn't mention the line of WD drive, but I was offered this > solution when trying to use a Caviar Green in my FreeNAS: > > https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hacking-wd-greens-and-reds-with-wdidle3-exe.18171/ > > > https://youtu.be/J2eYyRI_F98 > > > I haven't tried it myself yet but I wonder if it would apply to your > situation. Unfortunately it's not a BSD-based solution and would > require you to remove the drive and connect it directly to a > DOS/Windows machine. > > I've also told that it needs to be a direct bus connection, and using > things like a USB-to-ATA adapter would prevent the S.M.A.R.T. commands > from being sent to the firmware of the drive. > > Thanks for the suggestion. My new HDD is a WD Black, so I was surprised to see it spinning down down frequently. I'd heard about the Caviar Green drive issues before, so avoided purchasing one. Good to know there are so many potential work-arounds for their issues, though.