[Gllug] Backup drive for CentOS 5 remote setup

[gvim]

On 16/08/2010 17:36, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 08/16/2010 05:28 PM, gvim wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a 500GB USB2.0 backup drive which does not require onsite setup beyond plugging-in and turning on? I want to have someone attach it to a CentOS 5 server and do the rest on the command line  remotely. My current choice is:
>>
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149457
>>
>> .... but I can't be sure it will just show up under /media once powered up. I want to reformat it with ext3 so everything should be OK so long as I can find it under /dev.
>
> I've used Seagate  usb2 disks ( and HP and Western Digital ones ) with
> CentOS without a problem. Just make sure your DC has the resource to
> plug the power in somewhere! I've had an issue where the DC only had IEC
> 13/14/19 sockets in and around the rack.
>
> - KB

To resolve the power-down problem I grabbed a copy of 'sdparm' from RPMForge, as advised in one of the articles. The output was as follows:

[root at server tmp]# sdparm -a /dev/sdb
     /dev/sdb: Seagate   FreeAgent         102F
Power condition mode page:
   STANDBY_Y   0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   IDLE_C      0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   IDLE_B      0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   IDLE        0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   STANDBY     1  [cha: y, def:  1, sav:  1]
   ICT         0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   SCT       9000  [cha: y, def:9000, sav:9000]
SAT ATA Power condition mode page:
   APMP        0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]
   APM         0  [cha: n, def:  0, sav:  0]


Any idea what to change? The examples in the article were for an earlier model as there were less states listed. My assumption is that anything set as 'sav: 0' is 'off'. Don't know what SCT refers to.

gvim


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