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HuwSy
Feb 05, 2023Guide
Ready Nas 516 drive sleep issues with readynasd
Hi Im a new Readynas user, just as they are retired and because my work decided to throw the 516 unit out with 5x 2TB drives included because they didn’t have the required support going forward. It...
StephenB
Feb 06, 2023Guru - Experienced User
You shouldn't be needing such heroic measures. Can you confirm you are running 6.10.8? ("latest" isn't that helpful).
My own NAS (an rn526) is set to sleep, but generally still spins up every 30-60 minutes during off-hours. But I have an always-on PCs with the volume mapped to a drive letter, and some applications on that PC can and do access the volume at any time.
You might want to enable block_dump, as described here:
There is a very old thread where the conclusion was that disabling ipv6 on the NAS resolved this issue.
While I'd hope that the underlying cause would have been fixed by now, I think it is worth a disabling ipv6 on the NAS as a test.
HuwSy
Feb 06, 2023Guide
Hi
Yes it’s 10.6.8. I have to fire up the service again to check versions.
I have disabled ipv6 just now and enabled block dump, will let it settle a little and see what it’s like later this afternoon. If all of this was just ipv6 then it will be slightly annoying but I think I have nicely tuned the disc usage down for what will be a system that spends most off its time completely idle in my case.
Thanks
Yes it’s 10.6.8. I have to fire up the service again to check versions.
I have disabled ipv6 just now and enabled block dump, will let it settle a little and see what it’s like later this afternoon. If all of this was just ipv6 then it will be slightly annoying but I think I have nicely tuned the disc usage down for what will be a system that spends most off its time completely idle in my case.
Thanks
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