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Readynas Ultra 2 plus Vs Readynas 312
Hi, I am about to purchase a new NAS drive and need some advice on choosing. I was originally going to choose the Readynas Ultra 2 Plus primarily because of my experience with its good performan...
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mdgm wrote: There are various opinions on what disk spin-down means for the life of disks, but the main benefit of the feature is to reduce power usage on systems that are not used at all for a large portion of the day.
On the lifetime question - spinning up the disk puts more stress on the bearings (and takes more power) than keeping it spinning does. However, not spinning at all doesn't put any stress on the bearings. So in some cases, the spin-down might extend your disk lifetime, in others it might reduce it. The problem is that what matters is how long the disk stays spun down, which of course requires predicting the future. I have never seen any statistical data on this subject.
Anyway, if you enable spin-down on a NAS it is sensible to use a fairly long threshold, which will limit the number of spin-ups you do in a day. Perhaps an hour.
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