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

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my hard drive ----> is sda1 (new one: Seagate IronWolf 8TB)

Code:

p@p-ubuntu:~$ lsblk NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0    7:0    0  34,6M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/818 loop1    7:1    0   2,3M  1 loop /snap/gnome-calculator/260 loop2    7:2    0    13M  1 loop /snap/gnome-characters/139 loop3    7:3    0 140,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/74 loop4    7:4    0  14,5M  1 loop /snap/gnome-logs/45 loop5    7:5    0   3,7M  1 loop /snap/gnome-system-monitor/57 loop6    7:6    0    91M  1 loop /snap/core/6350 sda      8:0    0   7,3T  0 disk └─sda1   8:1    0   7,3T  0 part /media/p/Daten3 sdb      8:16   0 489,1G  0 disk └─sdb1   8:17   0   489G  0 part sdc      8:32   0 465,8G  0 disk ├─sdc1   8:33   0   499M  0 part ├─sdc2   8:34   0   100M  0 part /boot/efi ├─sdc3   8:35   0    16M  0 part ├─sdc4   8:36   0 254,2G  0 part ├─sdc5   8:37   0 173,6G  0 part └─sdc6   8:38   0  37,3G  0 part / sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

next step i want ---> 2). Set Low Current SpinUP
(...)

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_Basics --deviceInfo --device /dev/sda1 ========================================================================================== 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: Fri Jun 14 12:19:45 2019 ========================================================================================== /dev/sg0 - 3.0 -            XYZW - ATA Vendor ID: USB     Model Number: 3.0             Serial Number: Firmware Revision: 0508 Temperature Data: Current Temperature (C): 45 Highest Temperature (C): 50 Lowest Temperature (C): 23 Low Current Spinup: Disabled SMART Status: Unknown or Not Supported SATA Software Settings Preservation [Enabled] SMART [Enabled] PUIS [Enabled]

How do I set the settings to 127 with 1 hour spitdown?

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 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       3110 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   094   094   000    Old_age   Always       -       5471

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_PowerControl --device /dev/sda1 --setAPMLevel 127 ========================================================================================== 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: Fri Jun 14 12:49:32 2019 ========================================================================================== /dev/sg0 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA Setting APM Level is not supported on this device.

why, where is the mistake?

Code:

root@p-ubuntu:~/openSeaChest/Make/gcc/openseachest_exes# ./openSeaChest_PowerControl --showAPMLevel --device /dev/sda1 ========================================================================================== 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: Fri Jun 14 12:58:28 2019 ========================================================================================== /dev/sg0 - 3.0 -            BCDEF - ATA Showing APM Level is not supported on this device.

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I'm desperate again
Please explain this to me please (for dumheads like me)

Hello Neo2018,
You need to breath , no need to be with all that pressure.. 


For What I see from your post..

You have 2 disks there( but your Seagate is sda )!
sda1, sdb1,2,3 ... Are Partitions, **NOT disks**

You should configure **disks**, not partitions.. use '/dev/sda' to configure steps..

Apart from that, the Only explanation I could find is related with your USB->Sata Adapter.. some commands are accepted some don't.. 

Try installing, in the machine you setup Ubuntu:

Code:

apt-get install -y sg3-utils reboot

The step 3), I think you can set it up with 'smartmontools'( in rockpro64.. ), so forget it for now..

Repeat steps 1),2),4),5) in the Ubuntu machine you setup, after installing 'sg3-utils', using '/dev/sda' has disk.


If that Doesn't work:
There have been some development in OpenSeachest to try to add more support for kernels without some functionalities( its in the 'master' branch now.. )

Has a last resource you could build OpenSeachest 'master' branch, and retest, but for now, forget this option..