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Why UPS for Spin-Down?
Hi! Just a quick question I couldn't find the answer for. Why is it recommended to use an UPS, when you turn on HDD spin-down? How can data get lost? I'm doing an incremental backup once or twice a d...
Two of many posts:
ihartley wrote: ....you cannot lose all of your data in this way - even if for some reason the RAID volume becomes unmountable the data is still there and can be recovered...
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It's not clear if these two got their data back, perhaps they did. Even if it is potentially recoverable, most users don't have the skills. Often a recovery attempt creates more damage.
Independent of spin-down settings, I still recommend UPS protection for ReadyNAS.
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