G+_Cristi Istrate Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I have a question about NAS: I have the WD Red in an Zyxel NSA310. What is the best setting for power management - should I put the HDD in sleep mode on not ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bostjan Cadej Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I would also like to know that. For more or less any HDD. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 What are you serving up with your NAS? Are you hosting VMs from your NAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cristi Istrate Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 No, just streaming video. But the question is what is the best setting for the HDD health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 How often do you pull data from NAS? If you only stream during certain hours of the day, like when you are home from work, I'd say enable sleep mode. If you or your family are using it throughout the day I wouldn't enable it. What you don't want is repeated spin-up / spin-down of the drives. That is what is going to age the drives prematurely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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