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Is it better to power off NAS the hours I'm not using it?
Hi, I've a ReadyNas Duo v2. I had it all 99% of the time, but I recently decided to switch the timed switch on/off. However now I've noticed some SMART errors Detected increasing pending sector ...
Leaving the NAS on, with a conservative disk spindown setting is another approach. The NAS itself doesn't draw much power, and if you aren't using it during the day you will get additional power savings. Perhaps a 30 minute threshold - you don't want the disks to be spinning up frequently. I'm not sure how any of these options this actually effect HD life. Spinning the drives up creates more stress than keeping them spinning, so there is a trade-off here. However, the options do save power.
On the backup, of course you could attempt to save "critical" data on the space that you do have. Or get another USB drive.
On the backup, of course you could attempt to save "critical" data on the space that you do have. Or get another USB drive.
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