HDD in Optibay spin up..

[esadb]

So I installed my 500gb in the Optibay of my early 2011 13" MBP. I've noticed it spins up and down and I've read a few questions in regards to that where it talks about sleep timers and unmounting the drive.

My question is,

If I unmount the drive, isn't it technically unavailable then until it's mounted again?

Since that drive contains all media files, pictures etc.. If I wanted to play a movie the device would require to be mounted at all times. Am I wrong here?

Would the changing the sleep timer affect the drive in performance in anyway? And last night, was I supposed to install the SSD in the Optibay instead of the HDD?

 

[MrGimper]

So I installed my 500gb in the Optibay of my early 2011 13" MBP. I've noticed it spins up and down and I've read a few questions in regards to that where it talks about sleep timers and unmounting the drive.

My question is,

If I unmount the drive, isn't it technically unavailable then until it's mounted again?

Since that drive contains all media files, pictures etc.. If I wanted to play a movie the device would require to be mounted at all times. Am I wrong here?

Would the changing the sleep timer affect the drive in performance in anyway? And last night, was I supposed to install the SSD in the Optibay instead of the HDD?

Take a look at this... worked on my cMBP 2011 Toshiba drive.

http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/

 

[esadb]

Take a look at this... worked on my cMBP 2011 Toshiba drive.

http://mckinlay.net.nz/hdapm/

So this is simple as just installing it? Cause I can't seem to find any sort of software or anything to edit settings.

I installed it and I'll leave it be for a bit and see what happens.

Is this the same issue you were having an then this resolved it for you?

 

[MrGimper]

So this is simple as just installing it? Cause I can't seem to find any sort of software or anything to edit settings.

I installed it and I'll leave it be for a bit and see what happens.

Is this the same issue you were having an then this resolved it for you?

It's just a command line tool, no UI. Check the usage guide for the parameters.

 

[esadb]

It's just a command line tool, no UI. Check the usage guide for the parameters.

Well I figured as much. But is the actual thing predefined once I install it? Or do I need to start running commands in the terminal for this to actually kick in?

I see it launches during startup but are any parameters set?

 

[MrGimper]

Well I figured as much. But is the actual thing predefined once I install it? Or do I need to start running commands in the terminal for this to actually kick in?

I see it launches during startup but are any parameters set?

I ran it once with the MAX parameter, and that was it. Seems to keep working after a reboot.

 

[esadb]

I ran it once with the MAX parameter, and that was it. Seems to keep working after a reboot.

yah that won't work..

I get permission denied when I try to run the max command.

 

[MrGimper]

Try

Sudo hdapm max

 

[esadb]

Try

Sudo hdapm max

Got success now

Was it wise of me to set this max parameter on both the SSD (main HDD) and HDD (optibay) drives?

 

[MrGimper]

Got success now

Was it wise of me to set this max parameter on both the SSD (main HDD) and HDD (optibay) drives?

Cool.

I don't know what built in power management the SSD would have, and if it would make a difference.

I only enabled it on my HDD

 

[esadb]

Cool.

I don't know what built in power management the SSD would have, and if it would make a difference.

I only enabled it on my HDD

LMAO well thats what I wanted to do but the usage guide says the hdapm takes 2 parameters.

How do you do it with just one? Ill set it back to default and then do it only for the optibay.