hdparm Alternatives

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   sdparm

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   The sdparm utility accesses SCSI device parameters. When the SCSI device is a disk, sdparm's role is similar to its namesake: the Linux hdparm utility which is primarily designed for ATA disks that had device names starting with "hd".

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

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   Hdparm for Windows

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   Completely disable HDD APM or change APM values to prevent drive from parking its head, stop load/unload cycle count increasing and annoying drive ticking sounds.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

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   quietHDD

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   A tiny system tool to set hard disk's power saving and noise levels (AAM and APM values), especially useful with mobile disks that have strict energy saving settings set by defalt, causing heads to park randomly.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Brazil

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • Brazil

   

   

   

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   hd-idle

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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 enclosures don't support setting the IDE idle timer, a program like hd-idle is required to spin down idle disks automatically.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux

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