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Title: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: jfast on April 20, 2011, 11:35:40 AM

Hi,

I set my dns-320 to hibernate hard disks after 5 min, for me it's just fine.

The problem is the following:  when my desktop pc (win7 pro) resumes from standby then also the nas wakes up and hard disks start to spin.

With my notebook (win7) instead it's ok, when wakes up, the nas remain in standby state until I'll access data on the nas.

thank you for your help

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: dosborne on April 20, 2011, 12:42:13 PM

Does your desktop have drive maps to the NAS? If so, that is the likely cause.

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: jfast on April 22, 2011, 01:04:37 PM

no, in my desktop I haven't mapped the network drive ...

thankyou

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: mihies on May 04, 2011, 12:01:25 AM

One thing you might try is to use a network monitor and check out what communications is going to NAS direction.

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: McPillager on May 04, 2011, 12:10:16 AM

I think this is normal behavior. Besides drive mapping there are many other possible causes such as libraries pointing to folders in the nas, nas volumes being listed (not as map drives) under "Computer" etc etc.

To be honest I am a bit sick of this kind of anxiety. NAS is not a floppy disk that spins only when inserted into the drive. NAS is a network device ALWAYS active on your LAN unless you unplug the cables.

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: mihies on May 04, 2011, 12:28:49 AM

I'd like to have it sleeping unless I require it. I use it only for backups at certain point of the day and have no use of it whatsoever during rest of the day.
So, spinning up and down headless is counterproductive and shortens the disk's life. Not to mention the noise.

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: McPillager on May 04, 2011, 12:39:12 AM

Quote from: mihies on May 04, 2011, 12:28:49 AM

I'd like to have it sleeping unless I require it. I use it only for backups at certain point of the day and have no use of it whatsoever during rest of the day.
So, spinning up and down headless is counterproductive and shortens the disk's life. Not to mention the noise.

If so, unplug it. Your backup is much much safer, too.

Title: Re: HD spin up when pc wakes from standby
Post by: mihies on May 04, 2011, 12:51:55 AM

I'll take it as a joke.  ???