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Source: hd-idle
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Section: admin
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Priority: optional
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Maintainer: Andoni del Olmo <andoni.delolmo@gmail.com>
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Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9), golang-go:native (>= 1.3.3), dh-golang
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Standards-Version: 4.3.0
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Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle
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Vcs-Git: https://github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle.git
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Homepage: https://github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle
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Package: hd-idle
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Architecture: any
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Description: Spin down idle hard disks
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hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period
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of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting
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the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks
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automatically.
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A word of caution: hard disks don't like spinning up too often. Laptop disks
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are more robust in this respect than desktop disks but if you set your disks
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to spin down after a few seconds you may damage the disk over time due to the
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stress the spin-up causes on the spindle motor and bearings. It seems that
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manufacturers recommend a minimum idle time of 3-5 minutes, the default in
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hd-idle is 10 minutes.
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