So, I am having an annoying issue with one of my HDDs.
I have two, setup as RAID-1. Exactly same type/model, less than 2 years old.
One of them, sda, keeps spinning down and that results on every single access to file system, I have to wait 4-5 seconds for it to spin up.
When I run “hdparm -B /dev/sda”, I am getting a value of 128, while sdb has 254.
I manually change the value to 254, but:
- On the next boot is 128
- After 4-5 minutes, I can hear it spin down. I check the value and it is 254, but it looks like it ignores it.
I created a “/etc/udev/rules.d/69-hdparm.rules” file that contains
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sda", RUN+="/usr/bin/hdparm -B 254 -S 0 /dev/sda"
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sdb", RUN+="/usr/bin/hdparm -B 254 -S 0 /dev/sdb"
Still, after boot, the value is 128.
Any ideas how to fix this cause it is very annoying?
More info:
inxi:
System: Host: amd-manjaro Kernel: 5.14.10-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 AORUS MASTER v: -CF serial: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS MASTER v: x.x serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
v: F33a date: 01/22/2021
CPU: Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 6 MiB
Speed: 2879 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2879 2: 2879 3: 2882 4: 2882
5: 3520 6: 3027 7: 4551 8: 4667 9: 2878 10: 2878 11: 2882 12: 2879 13: 3651 14: 2891
15: 4136 16: 2864 17: 2880 18: 3633 19: 2996 20: 2878 21: 2880 22: 2868 23: 3645 24: 3724
Graphics: Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] driver: vfio-pci v: 0.2
Device-2: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: usbfs
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: amdgpu,ati
unloaded: modesetting,radeon resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz 2: 1200x1920~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 5500 XT (NAVI14 DRM 3.42.0 5.14.10-1-MANJARO LLVM 12.0.1)
v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
Audio: Device-1: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] driver: vfio-pci
Device-2: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: Creative Sound Blaster GC7 type: USB
driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: usbfs
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.10-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: f6:f2:19:80:d1:e6
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network driver: vfio-pci
Device-3: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE driver: r8169
IF: enp8s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: b4:2e:99:f7:40:68
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: up speed: 10 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: 52:54:00:02:fc:46
IF-ID-2: vnet2 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: fe:54:00:6b:44:3a
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
RAID: Device-1: md127 type: mdraid level: mirror status: active size: 3.64 TiB report: 2/2 UU
Components: Online: 0: sda1 1: sdb1
Drives: Local Storage: total: raw: 9.57 TiB usable: 5.93 TiB used: 1.78 TiB (30.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Seagate model: XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite size: 953.87 GiB
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
ID-4: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: HDWE140 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-5: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: HDWE140 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-6: /dev/sdc vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
ID-7: /dev/sdd vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 424.96 GiB used: 69.27 GiB (16.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 1022 MiB used: 300 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.2 C mobo: 16.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 53.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info: Processes: 512 Uptime: 2h 27m Memory: 62.74 GiB used: 38.84 GiB (61.9%) Shell: Bash
inxi: 3.3.08
hdparm -I /dev/sda (even this command takes 4-5 seconds to return info, while on sdb is instant)
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: TOSHIBA HDWE140
Serial Number: 105EK3.....
Firmware Revision: FP1R
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
Supported: 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 8
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 7814037168
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 4096 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 3815447 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 4000787 MBytes (4000 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 3.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 7200
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 254
DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power Management feature set
SET_MAX security extension
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
unknown 119[7]
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* Host automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* Device automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
* DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
* Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Write Same (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
* Extended number of user addressable sectors
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA command
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
not enabled
not locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
526min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 526min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50000399cbd8033d
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 000039
Unique ID : 9cbd8033d
Checksum: correct