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BaJohn
Jun 15, 2015Virtuoso
NAS Disk Test - 3rd test extremely slow.
Having conducted 2 tests previously taking about 3 hrs 15 mins (See http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=79874), I was slightly perturbed to find the test started last night has only jus...
StephenB
Jun 16, 2015Guru - Experienced User
The drive can/will spin down in the middle of the test. In that case, the test pauses, and then resumes when the drive spins up for other reasons. So it will take longer if a spin down occurs.
BaJohn wrote: Could you elaborate please? Having enabled spindown does not mean the disc is not spinning (at normal speed).
StephenB wrote: Also the test will pause if spindown is enabled on the drive (resuming when the drive spins up again).
My logs show the spindown was enabled before the start of the test and disabled in the middle.
The fix for the false completion messages was made in April (6.2.3-T1817 - beta 12).
[quote="http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=78866#p443001":1y10kv4c]54. [Beta 12] Fix invalid scheduled disk test result reporting.[/quote:1y10kv4c]
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