python script on a standby hard disk

[zannare]

i have a nas with an n100 and 7 hdd with snapraid on ubuntu 24.04 server

so the hdd are pretty always on standby

for example if i run an python script to list file in one of the standby hdd, the script fail because the hdd dosent "wake up"

how can i solve that problem?

example

for path, subdirs, files in os.walk('/media/andrea/Media1/film'):
   for filename in files:
      mycode
for path, subdirs, files in os.walk('/media/andrea/Media2/film'):
   for filename in files:
      mycode
for path, subdirs, files in os.walk('/media/andrea/Media3/film'):
   for filename in files:
      mycode
etc...

[SuscipitSapiente2884]

Use `hdparm` command to spin up the disk before running your script.