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When I check hdparm man page, I see two options which looks similar to reduce power usage by hard drive. One is -B which sets APM (Advanced Power Management) and other one is -S which is the standby (spindown) timeout for the drive.

What exactly is the difference between these two options? And I want to decrease power usage, but not wearing out my disk. Which values should I set?

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