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

[tuxd3v]

Hello tuxd3v,
I also thought about why the temperature is so high. My second hard drive (4TB) also has a high temperature about 32c in sleep mode, in operation I try to cool it with fan always. (no comparison to your 26c). what does it relate to?????????

I have:

Code:

# for blockid in {a..d};do smartctl --attributes /dev/sd${blockid}|grep -E "^ 12|^193"; done
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       4
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1898
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       4
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1874
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       4
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1852

My Load/Unload numbers are like new ( ~ 1800 cycles.. )  

My Load/Unload numbers is too high? ( ~ 5400 cycles.. )   ???

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       -       3124
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   094   094   000    Old_age   Always       -       5485

Hello Neo2018,
You welcome 

I use a Fan to vent the disks, and I have configured the disks for power saving( They are majority of time in APM mode 1, Because when you configure them in APM 127, after some time without activity they enter in APM mode 1, also known as StandBy..only the Controller board is in part activated,..this saves energy, the disks, and lower the temps.. ) ..

The Power Balance Feature..
IronWolfs ship with settings in 'Performance' Mode.. So we need to adjust for our own needs the power settings..


Load/Unload,
You posted the 'Power Cycles' of your disks..
And that is  a preoccupation, because you have ~3000-5000 'Power Cycles'( SMART attribute 12, the Load/Unload is SMART attribute 193 ).

That tells me that, your disks fail to start a lot of times due to not sufficient power budget..
Probably because they are in 'Performance' Mode..

Best Regards,