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Hello!

I am using Raspberry Pi 4B (booting from sd card) with a single X835 board and WD blue 3.5" HDD. I have two questions:

1) Is there a way how to configure the system to spin down the HDD (stop its rotation) when inactive for certain time? Currently, the HDD is only used rarely, but it keeps spinning forever.

2) What is the proper way to shut down the system? When I shut down the Pi ($ sudo shutdown -h now), the red PWR LED on the Pi is lit (on) - this is probably normal. The problem is that the X835 board stays on and the HDD keeps spinning. Is it safe to disconnect the 12V power input of X835 at this point? Can't it damage the HDD or my data?

Thanks in advance!