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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...
A quick sampled analysis of the spindown log indicates between 3 and 6 times per day, most of which would be spun back up after 30 - 60 minutes, some after just a few seconds. Sometimes not all the disks would spindown (presumably OS activity). It is extremely varied.
StephenB wrote: About how many times a day were the disks spinning up?
Between 5 and 9 hrs.
StephenB wrote: About how many hours per day were they spun down?
It would take a lot of analysis (In April I was going to write a script to do it, but life intervened) to plan a sensible spindown regime linked to known activities on the NAS box, and now I am involved in Win 10 preparations.
So it seemed easier to turn off the spindown functionality until I can sensible revisit it.
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