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Spin down seems not to be working after firmware update
Hey there! I'm using a ReadyNAS NV+ and use it mainly for simple dumb storage, torrenting, and backups, nothing real complicated. For this reason, power consumption and noise pollution is importan...
Well the reason I suggested the SMART log was simply because it has the drive types in there--maybe someone here has knowledge about compatibility (I do not).
The other log to look at would be the daemon.log, to see if there are even any ATTEMPTS to spin-down the disks e.g.
Nov 7 23:33:57 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 7 23:34:00 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 0 minutes.
Nov 7 23:54:26 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 7 23:54:40 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 0 minutes.
Nov 8 00:14:41 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 8 00:19:10 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 4 minutes.
Nov 8 00:39:23 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 8 04:00:11 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 200 minutes.
Do you see any such activity in yours? 4.1.8 *sorta* worked for me, i.e. spin-downs were not a problem (spin-UPS are lotsa problems). I might have been inclined to suggest you downgrade firmware to 4.1.7, but you said Time Machine works now where before it didn't. Were you running 4.1.7 before?
The other log to look at would be the daemon.log, to see if there are even any ATTEMPTS to spin-down the disks e.g.
Nov 7 23:33:57 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 7 23:34:00 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 0 minutes.
Nov 7 23:54:26 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 7 23:54:40 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 0 minutes.
Nov 8 00:14:41 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 8 00:19:10 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 4 minutes.
Nov 8 00:39:23 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Spinning down disks.
Nov 8 04:00:11 ReadyNAS noflushd[9653]: Disks spinning up after 200 minutes.
Do you see any such activity in yours? 4.1.8 *sorta* worked for me, i.e. spin-downs were not a problem (spin-UPS are lotsa problems). I might have been inclined to suggest you downgrade firmware to 4.1.7, but you said Time Machine works now where before it didn't. Were you running 4.1.7 before?
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