How to make it go to sleep 3.5inch HDD that connected with BPI-M2 Ultra by SATA?

Banana Pi SBCs design BPI-M2 Ultra / BPI-M2 Berry(A40i)
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hi…

im using 3.5 inch 4TB hdd by sata connection i managed power by disassemble usb 3.0 hdd case… my problem is…i uses my bananapi as media server…i rans it 24/7… but i only uses it 2~4 hours per day.

and you probably know 3.5inch HDD 7200rpm makes a lot of noise and heat!( and of course consumes noticeable electricity too)

how can i make HDD go to sleep when I or BANANAPI is not using HDD? please help me…

summer is coming

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For the 3.5 "HDD you need a 12V power supply

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i do have 12v power for my 3.5’’ HDD. it is fully operational

what i want to do is make my HDD go to sleep when no one is using

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Hi

hdparm

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When you mount external drive - system olways (one ping per second) check if drive is mounted. It’s procedure always bring up a drive. If you want make this process more silent - use ssd.