hd-idle Alternatives

hd-idle is described as 'hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period of idle time. Since most external IDE disk enclosures don't support setting the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks automatically' and is an app. There are 1 alternatives to hd-idle for Linux. The best hd-idle alternative is hdparm, which is both free and Open Source.

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hd-idle is a utility program for spinning-down external disks after a period of idle time. Since most external IDE disk...

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hd-idle alternatives page was last updated Jun 6, 2023
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  1. hdparm

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    hdparm - get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters under Linux.

    4 hdparm alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    hdparm VS hd-idle

     

    • hdparm is the most popular Linux alternative to hd-idle.

    • hdparm is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to hd-idle.

    • hdparm is Free and Open Sourcehd-idle is also Free and Open Source
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