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How to stop external HDDs sleeping
Hi,
I have an old ReadyNAS that I have a HDD station connected to via USB. I use this NAS for Media storage, and have films and series on the external HDDs. In the settings, I have specifically...
It is an old ReadyNAS Ultra 2, and the FW is currently at 6.9.4. The external HDDs are connected via the USB connection on the front.
I figured out that the external HDDs only fall asleep when the dock is connected to the USB3 connection on the front. When connected to one of the USB2 connections on the back, they stay awake...
This is a bad implementation of power features if I ever saw one...
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