Since my PC is always on I need to minimize the powering on / off cycles of my hard drives. I have been able to do this for all except the plugable tray. The tray cycles my drives dozens of times per day. There is a direct relationship between the number of power cycles of a computer and the probability of failure of its drives. How can I force the drive to stop spinning down?
see https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Minimiz… if you doubt this.
Model USB3-SATA-USB1
Hi John,
Thanks for contacting Plugable!
Our HDD docks will automatically spin down after a period of inactivity. This is a feature built into the firmware.
However, we do offer an alternative firmware that disables this feature so the HDD dock will be always on like your computer.
Please email support@plugable.com and mention the alternate firmware for the USB3-SATA-UASP1 and we will help you with the firmware update process.
Thank you,
Jordan
Plugable Technologies