Any links to good hardware forums or pointers to external HDD enclosures with controllers that never go stand by?

[Ralf Mardorf]

Thank you

On Thu, 2026-02-05 at 07:50 -0500, littlergirl at gmail.com wrote:
> This can be used for hardware comparisons:
> 
> https://www.userbenchmark.com

I couldn't find anything about enclosures with SATA to USB controllers.

> https://www.reddit.com

I already spend much time with reddit. It wasn't a help.

Currently I'm inquiring with various manufacturers and have already
received the first response from one manufacturer:

"all our external boxes have the spindown function set directly in
the FW control chip to 10 minutes" - Axagon Team

Regards,
Ralf