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Silent NAS wanted
I need to put my NAS in my living room. So it must be as silent as possible. Thus I don't want a RAID configuration where all disks are spinning, but a JBOD configuration where unused disks spin down...
OK, my question is what connection will there be between the NAS and the device playing the movie (AppleTV or whatever)? If you are planning wireless, I'm not sure that even Wireless N will have enough bandwidth to do it.
In the same vein, you will have to have some device between the NAS and the receiver to play the music. That can be wireless.
I am also in the mind that either all the disks will be spun down or spun up together, not individually. I don't know of any box that will do that. Also, the drives spinning up is NOT Wake On Lan, that term applies to a box that is physically turned off but then turns on and boots when accessed. In Spin Down, the box is on and the fan is on. Only the drives are stopped. When you access the unit, even going into Frontview and accessing any section beyond the home page will do it, the drives spin up. The LCD panel will come on and say spinning up. My backup unit is set for spin down after 90 minutes so it is only up during the time it resyncs to my primary NAS during the wee hours of the morning.
In the same vein, you will have to have some device between the NAS and the receiver to play the music. That can be wireless.
I am also in the mind that either all the disks will be spun down or spun up together, not individually. I don't know of any box that will do that. Also, the drives spinning up is NOT Wake On Lan, that term applies to a box that is physically turned off but then turns on and boots when accessed. In Spin Down, the box is on and the fan is on. Only the drives are stopped. When you access the unit, even going into Frontview and accessing any section beyond the home page will do it, the drives spin up. The LCD panel will come on and say spinning up. My backup unit is set for spin down after 90 minutes so it is only up during the time it resyncs to my primary NAS during the wee hours of the morning.
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