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Ultra 4 Plus spin down question
I have recently upgraded to an Ultra4 Plus. I have four 2TB Hitachi drives installed. I have the NAS set to spin down the drives after 15 minutes of no activity. However, I've noticed that when turnin...
PapaBear wrote: Actually, even in the PC envior0nment, there are two schools of thought. One is to leave the PC on so that the drive is spinning consistently at it's normal speed as it is easier than the start up/shut down action on the drives by turning off the PC all the time vs turning off the PC if your not going to use it for 15 minutes to save electricity and drive wear. The points on both sides have been around for almost as long as we have had hard drives in our PC's.
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