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Source: hd-idle
Maintainer: Alexandre Mestiashvili <mestia@debian.org>
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (>= 9), golang-any, dh-golang
Standards-Version: 4.6.2
Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/hd-idle
Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/hd-idle.git
Rules-Requires-Root: no
Homepage: https://github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle
XS-Go-Import-Path: github.com/adelolmo/hd-idle
Package: hd-idle
Architecture: any
Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
Depends: ${misc:Depends},
${shlibs:Depends},
Built-Using:
${misc:Built-Using},
Description: Spin down idle [USB] hard disks
hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period
of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting
the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks
automatically.
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A word of caution: hard disks don't like spinning up too often. Laptop disks
are more robust in this respect than desktop disks but if you set your disks
to spin down after a few seconds you may damage the disk over time due to the
stress the spin-up causes on the spindle motor and bearings. It seems that
manufacturers recommend a minimum idle time of 3-5 minutes, the default in
hd-idle is 10 minutes.