holybabel Posted March 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 2, 2015 Hi everyone, i read about this in another thread. Can someone explain to me what i have to do? I get the following for each drive i have installed: DiskStation> syno_disk_ctl --wd-idle -g /dev/sda Get /dev/sda WD idle3 timer [0] successfully Does this mean that the idle3 timer is disabled? Is there something i have to do? When i change the timer to 255 and then shutdown and start again the system shows [0] again. Greetings holybabel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shomrighausen Posted March 6, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2015 I believe [0] = disabled. You can see the options for the syno_disk_ctl command by typing it without additional arguements. It should look something like this: Copyright (c) 2003-2014 Synology Inc. All rights reserved. Usage: synology disk control device: something like /dev/hda or /dev/sda options: ?: print this message --ncq-off: turn off ncq ex: syno_disk_ctl --ncq-off /dev/sda --wcache-off: turn off write cache and tell kernel don't allow open it anymore ex: syno_disk_ctl --wcache-off /dev/sda --wd-idle: Read, Set or disable the idle3 timer of Western Digital drives -d: disable wd idle3 timer ex: syno_disk_ctl --wd-idle -d /dev/sda -g: get wd disk idle3 timer ex: syno_disk_ctl --wd-idle -g /dev/sda -s: set wd disk idle3 timer ex: syno_disk_ctl --wd-idle -s80 /dev/sda fail iRet -1 If you notice the options for the --wd-idle arguement, you will find '-d' is an option - to disable the timer. After issuing the command 'syno_disk_ctl -d /dev/sd?' - where '?' is each WD drive in your system, it they should all be disabled. If it was already disabled, you should get a message like this: /dev/sdf already disable WD idle3 timer When you issue 'syno_disk_ctl -g /dev/sd?' - where '?' is each WD drive in your system, it should return output of: Get /dev/sdf WD idle3 timer [0] successfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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