Just out of curiosity, does the 5TB drive have the same filesystem as the other one? I don't think it should make a difference with your use case (exFAT and NTFS drivers tend to have more overhead on Mac and Linux, but you're using Windows; NTFS is more efficient for transferring many small files, but you talked about videos) but still.
My understanding is that this should also help USB mechanical drives last longer because it's less stress on them to stay spinning constantly instead of spinning up and down based on usage. There will be some extra power draw but I can't imagine it would be noticeable on your utility bill.
Head parking is indeed bad for HDDs. The only reason I could see for wanting it is if it's an internal drive in a laptop, not just due to power but due to the motion it's put through.
Just out of curiosity, does the 5TB drive have the same filesystem as the other one? I don't think it should make a difference with your use case (exFAT and NTFS drivers tend to have more overhead on Mac and Linux, but you're using Windows; NTFS is more efficient for transferring many small files, but you talked about videos) but still.
Head parking is indeed bad for HDDs. The only reason I could see for wanting it is if it's an internal drive in a laptop, not just due to power but due to the motion it's put through.
I keep being amused at how much you care about a paltry 10 MB/sec.
hes complaining about 110 difference. thats like 90% not 10 mb a sec.
*85%
https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/141EiU8QRb/any-data-hoarders-here-storage-q/c/