Spinning up 130 drives simultaneously can draw 130 * 25W = 3,250W peak. Use staggered spin-up in your RAID controller or backplane. Set hdparm -S 120 (5 minute spindown) to reduce heat.
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You need to update your SD card structure to support the newer Hekate payload requirements while keeping your Nintendo folder (games), emuMMC folder (OS), and BCACHE (cache data) intact. Spinning up 130 drives simultaneously can draw 130
The cache typically lives starting at sector 2048 (1MB offset). We will wipe only sectors 0-2047. This removes GPT/MBR headers but leaves the cache
for dev in $(cat drives.txt); do
dd if=/dev/zero of=$dev bs=512 count=2048 status=progress
done
This removes GPT/MBR headers but leaves the cache data intact from LBA 2048 onward.