external drive enclosure which automatically powers drive down when idle?

whistleclient

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i'm not sure if this exists, but are there drive enclosures which automatically power down a hard drive after it hasn't been accessed for a set amount of time? to save power/wear and tear on the drive...


thanks for any help you can provide...
 

corkyg

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I think we've been down this road a few weeks ago - but it's worth a bump. Here is possibly a relevant article:

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Why not just pull the plug on your external drive except when you want to use it? I do that with an in-line switch on a Firewire drive. It is a simple on/off deal.