Tutorial[ Seagate Disks ]: Optimize Life Span/Power Managment

[Neo2018]

Its nice to know that you Succeed, Congratz!

My point 1)  and the point 2) above( Initial post ), are very crucial.
As they control, powering disk up in standby, and Startup Spinning Current control.

Thanks, unfortunately I have more problems.
Point 1. Works great---->  PUIS [Enabled] ---->

Code:

1). Power Up In Standby Mode.

root@ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_Configure --device /dev/sdd1 --puisFeature enable
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openSeaChest_Configure - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Configure Version: 1.13.0-1_19_0 X86_64
Build Date: Jun 13 2019
Today: Thu Jun 13 10:13:02 2019
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/dev/sg4 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA
PUIS feature successfully enabled!

Point 2. Does not work----> Low Current Spinup: Disabled ----->

Code:

2). LOW C Current S PinUP


root@ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_Configure --device /dev/sdd1 --lowCurrentSpinup enable
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openSeaChest_Configure - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Configure Version: 1.13.0-1_19_0 X86_64
Build Date: Jun 13 2019
Today: Thu Jun 13 10:26:24 2019
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/dev/sg4 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA
Set Low Current Spinup
Successfully Enabled Low Current Spinup!
A power cycle is required to complete this change.

but after the reboot is again ----> Low Current Spinup: Disabled ----->

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_Basics --deviceInfo --device /dev/sda1
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openSeaChest_Basics - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_Basics Version: 2.8.0-1_19_0 X86_64
Build Date: Jun 13 2019
Today: Thu Jun 13 22:00:39 2019
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/dev/sg0 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA
Vendor ID: USB    
Model Number: 3.0            
Serial Number: 0123456789ABCDEF
Firmware Revision: 0508
World Wide Name: 5000C500B4ADB587
Drive Capacity (TB/TiB): 8.00/7.28
Temperature Data:
Current Temperature (C): 46
Highest Temperature (C): 50
Lowest Temperature (C): 23
Power On Time:  9 hours
Power On Hours: 9.00
MaxLBA: 15628053167
Native MaxLBA: Not Reported
Logical Sector Size (B): 512
Physical Sector Size (B): 4096
Sector Alignment: 0
Rotation Rate (RPM): 7200
Form Factor (inch): 3.5
Last DST information:
DST has never been run
Long Drive Self Test Time:  13 hours 24 minutes
Interface speed:
Max Speed (Gb/s): 6.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): 6.0
Annualized Workload Rate (TB/yr): 63.05
Total Bytes Read (MB): 743.75
Total Bytes Written (GB): 64.03
Encryption Support: Not Supported
Cache Size (MiB): 256.00
Read Look-Ahead: Enabled
Write Cache: Enabled
--------------------------> Low Current Spinup: Disabled <---------------------------
SMART Status: Unknown or Not Supported
ATA Security Information: Supported
Firmware Download Support: Full, Segmented, Deferred
Specifications Supported:

Point 3.
output from -----> for blockid in {a..d};do smartctl --attributes /dev/sd${blockid}|grep -E "^ 12|^193"; done --------->

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# for blockid in {a..d};do smartctl --attributes /dev/sd${blockid}|grep -E "^ 12|^193"; done

(The command 'smartctl' was not found, but can be installed with:)
Der Befehl 'smartctl' wurde nicht gefunden, kann aber installiert werden mit:
apt install smartmontools

probably because this is my notebook.

This values for S.M.A.R.T APM, you can configure also in OMV panel( I think.. )
Or  with a script on bootup as a service for OneShot only( at startup in rockpro64 ):
See the note, bellow, about disk containing the operating system or not..its configured to *not* having the OS on it..

That did not work in the OMV S.M.A.R.T.
I would like to set the hard drive with these values ------> 127 and a spindown time of 1 hour.
Can I set these values here? How do I do that?


Point 4.

Your point 4),
There are indeed several options to tune the disks, like the timers for the disk to enter in Standby, etc..
I start by the default values, and I still use the default timers, because I only use APM 127 and its nice for my workloads..

You can also Look at My Point 4) Above( First post ), to check if your disk support a Power Balanced Mode..

output ------------>

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_PowerControl --device /dev/sda --powerBalanceFeature info
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openSeaChest_PowerControl - openSeaChest drive utilities - NVMe Enabled
Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates, All Rights Reserved
openSeaChest_PowerControl Version: 1.10.0-1_19_0 X86_64
Build Date: Jun 13 2019
Today: Thu Jun 13 22:00:03 2019
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/dev/sg0 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA
Seagate Power Balance: Enabled