If you're strictly just trying to keep the power down, configuring idle spindown for just that drive might accomplish the same thing.
TomatoCo
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If you're strictly just trying to keep the power down, configuring idle spindown for just that drive might accomplish the same thing.
"properly power off the disk", for an internal disk, isn't really a thing. I don't think that the OS, any OS, expects to regularly have disks totally lose power. Sure, hotswapping is a thing, but that's still weird to do on a regular basis.
Having it "cold" to avoid malware and power surges is a fair idea, though. You'd still be concerned about the data lines getting a surge but that's not as likely.
As a somewhat-less-cursed idea, how about an SBC like a raspberry pi on a smartplug inside your case? It can safely unmount the drive before asking the plug to turn itself off. Then there's two devices that need to get crypto-lockered before you lose your data.