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..