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ReadyNAS Pro Business: Fan spinning often?
The fan in my ReadyNAS Pro Business has been tending to spin a lot in the last few weeks and I don't know what the cause is. I purchased it in 2009 or 2010 new. I've upgraded the disks to 5 3TB uni...
I posted in a different section, but repeating basics here. My Pro6 and Pro BE spin up the fan as expected under high load, but don't always spin back down properly even though the temperature has dropped well within normal bounds. It seems you have to access the NAS in some way for it to recognize it needs to adjust the speed. Going into Frontview to check the speed is enough for it to wake up and reduce the speed. This has only happened since I upgraded to 4.2.26, but I was at 4.2.21 for a long time.
My suspicion is that this happens if it has not yet adjusted the speed down when it spins down the drives. My concern is that it would likewise fail to spin the fan up if my A/C should fail while the drives are spun down.
My suspicion is that this happens if it has not yet adjusted the speed down when it spins down the drives. My concern is that it would likewise fail to spin the fan up if my A/C should fail while the drives are spun down.
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