Is there a pre-configured power management?

[ouchyoung]

I am wondering whether there is a power management on ArchLinxuARM since my Goflex Home is supposed to be turned on 7 by 24. I know in the original firmware from Seagate, the hard disk stops spinning if it was not operated for some time. Since I noticed that my hard disk is spinning all the time. I want to figure out whether there is a similar mechanism embedded in ArchLinuxARM? Or is there a way for implementing it? Any help much appreciated!

[WarheadsSE]

Because your rootfs is on the spinning hard drive, it does have the tendency to stay spinning. There are multiple forum post regarding hdparm.

[ouchyoung]

Thank you for your fast reply!

I just searched the forum and found some clue: the hdparm determines the working schedule of the HDD... And I just read through the post:

viewtopic.php?f=53&t=2167&hilit=spindown+hdparm+sdparm&start=40

It seems that I have to move my rootfs and swapfile to a USB drive... I use the only USB port for transferring files a lot... So I think I will leave the disk spinning till its lifespan is over

Thank you WarheadsSE!