Best place for hdparm tweaks?

[funkster1]

Good evening y'all,

I've been wondering where best to put my hdparm.conf file or general hdparm tweaks.
So I have edited the hdparm.conf found in '/etc', but I don't know if I should put it maybe in
'rcx.d or even elsewhere.
Basically I want the following commands to be executed at start time:

• hdparm -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -d1 -q -k1 /dev/hdb
• hdparm -q -S0 /dev/sda /dev/sdb
• hdparm -q -m16 -q -c3 -q -k1 -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -S0 /dev/hda /dev/hdc /dev/hdd

So somebody enlighten me please

TIA
Raphael

P.S.: the way it's configured right now in '/etc/hdparm.conf' is as follows (if that is relevant somehow)

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command_line {
       hdparm -q -m16 -q -c3 -q -k1 -q -d1 -q -u1 -q -S0 /dev/hda /dev/hdc /dev/hdd
}

command_line {
	hdparm -q -S0 /dev/sda /dev/sdb
}

command_line {
	hdparm -q -u1 -q -c1 -q -d1 -q -k1 /dev/hdb
}

[funkster1]

Thanks a lot Ed.
So I had it all set correctly

Raphael

[Husse]

Tinkering with hdparm can cause physical damage to your hard drive!
This is one of the few softwares that can do physical damage so it should be used with utmost care

[funkster1]

Yup, you're both right guys. The fact that it can damage your HDD's should be taken into serious/sincere consideration.
And yes, I am (was) well aware of this fact, as I've spent a considerable amount of time with the man pages of hdparm, researching other options/solutions/cautions to the effect online etc. Also, I've done some considerable testing on my system before goingwith these commands

So note to anybody else, DON'T USE the code I have pasted, since they're only good for MY OWN system.

Cheers
Raphael