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Hot Spare status
All, I have always wondered what the hot spare is doing while waiting to be put into action. Is it powered up and eating power or is it powered down until needed. Hopefully the latter is true...
All,
Sorry If I sound harsh or brash...
Believe me...I love all 3 of my Netgear Nases..
I am finally planning to move from X-Raid2 to flex-raid due to my upgrade to the latest X86 Raidiator (Ultra 4 plus).
I just want to know if I will experience wear and tear on the hot spare and also if it will make my NAS use more electricity
while it sits there waiting for a hard drive to fail..
Thanks to all who utilize this forum, especially those that help the most of us rookies..
Regards,
Darryl
Sorry If I sound harsh or brash...
Believe me...I love all 3 of my Netgear Nases..
I am finally planning to move from X-Raid2 to flex-raid due to my upgrade to the latest X86 Raidiator (Ultra 4 plus).
I just want to know if I will experience wear and tear on the hot spare and also if it will make my NAS use more electricity
while it sits there waiting for a hard drive to fail..
Thanks to all who utilize this forum, especially those that help the most of us rookies..
Regards,
Darryl
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