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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.ziptoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldPower efficiency
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    2 months ago

    spinning-down hdd’s when they’re not in use

    I’ve just been through this recently. I decided to have my 2 backup HDDs spin down when not in use (99% of the time). I ran into an issue though where I needed them to wake up for SMART tests (which SMART didn’t trigger). Tried a few things that didn’t work so just set them to spin all the time. There’s about a 1-2w difference when they’re spinning all the time. So it’s just not something worth worrying about IMO (In the UK with high energy costs that comes out to 2.5 pence per day roughly).