Re: hdparm -M acoustic management for sata disks?

From: Mark Lord
Date: Sat Jun 21 2008 - 13:00:35 EST


Mark Lord wrote:
..
Here's hdparm-8.9 on a drive that *does* support the feature:


$ hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep Acoustic
* Automatic Acoustic Management feature set

$ hdparm -M /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
acoustic = 254 (128=quiet ... 254=fast)

$ hdparm -M128 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
setting acoustic management to 128
acoustic = 128 (128=quiet ... 254=fast)

$ hdparm -M254 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
setting acoustic management to 254
acoustic = 254 (128=quiet ... 254=fast)
..

And one more:

$ hdparm -M0 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
setting acoustic management to 0
acoustic = 254 (128=quiet ... 254=fast)

$ hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep -i acoustic
Recommended acoustic management value: 128, current value: 254
Automatic Acoustic Management feature set

(the lack of a '*' on that last line indicates the feature is no longer enabled).

-ml
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