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[kizer_rezik]

I currently have the DNS323 and I'm running FW1.05 because the drives never seemed to shut off running FW1.06.

Now that the Bigger drives are rolling out so our choice is to stay with less than 1.5TB or never shut our drives off?

Any solutions in the works? I tried to find out looking around in the posts what FW1.07 would bring, but there doesn't seem to be a thread.

[ECF]

Yes. New firmware is in the works. However drives larger then 1.5TB I believe will still be supported with 1.06 firmware as well. As for an issue with the Fans I am not sure at this point I'm using it and it works great my fans are off and come on at the proper temperature fine.

[kizer_rezik]

With 1.06 my fans would turn on and off, but the drives on the other hand constantly run with a pair of WD 500gig drives running in Raid1.

[ECF]

Do they still stay on even if you unplug the Ethernet cable? Have you tried disabling the UPnP AV media server and iTunes server?

[kizer_rezik]

Yep unplugged everything with no servers running.

Tell you what if somebody is willing to follow this thread and actually help Me I'd gladly ginuea pig it with somebody to fix it. I've been on several forums and read several threads and a lot of people seem to say the same thing.

I'm using a pair of Western Digital 500gb drives running in Raid1.

[ECF]

Try disabling the UPnP AV media server if that doesn't resolve the issue try the iTunes server then the FTP server. Do you have any programs installed to the DNS-323 or is it only used for storage? Do you have a Printer connected to the unit? Try clearing the Print Server queue located on the status page of the DNS-323. Also look at the drives does one of them look like it is being constantly accessed only on that one side perhaps there is a drive error causing this try removing this drive if you are using two. These are the basic things to look at.

[kizer_rezik]

- Like I said no servers running. No Ftp, UPnP, Itunes, clock not enable to check time.
- Both drives are exactly the same and Brand new Western Digital Green Drives. 500GBx2 Raid1
- No programs aka fun_plug installed.
- No printer connected and yes I made sure the print queue was clear
- I don't see any constant activity on one drive at all just a blue light on both and when writing it appears to be to both at the same time. When I write I noticed that they both blink and sometimes when I read one light will blink for a bit and then the other will blink almost like they are taking turns.
- I made sure that the system settings where reset after switching to FW1.06
- No Constant Network Traffic

The only time the drives shutdown is when I first installed 1.06 and had it set to 5minutes. Anything over 5minutes refused to work and then shortly afterwards even shutting down at 5minutes stopped working.

When I did install fun_plug on 1.06 I noticed when I typed "uptime" I saw 2.40, 1.80, 1.20 which are horrid if you ask me. Like the system was being hammered by a run away process. Uptime was like 1424341 days or something bizarre like that.

I only have 100gig used as of right now and I do have a method/storage so I can pull all the data off and maybe re-install 1.06 and maybe fun_plug to check and see what might be running in Cron or run some Linux commands and see what might be running that shouldn't. Maybe I'll install fun_plug now with 1.05 and compare the two to see what the difference is between the two Firmwares. Something is odd thats all I know.

[ECF]

Yeah if you are seeing this issue it is highly likely it is caused by the Funplug. If you do not have alot of data or if you have the harddrive space I would recommend backing up you data to your PC and format the drives and not installing Funplug and see if you still have the issue. I have my DNS-323 sitting right here and it has not issue hibernating using firmware 1.06. and I use the UPnP AV media server, iTunes server, and FTP. 

[kizer_rezik]

No, I "do not" have the fun_plug installed. My comment about seeing activity in Linux was when I had it installed because I was trying to figure out what was going on. Currently my drives are a simple build of whatever the format installed on them with Firmware 1.05, which used to be 1.06.

The testing I did when I had 1.06 installed was it would only shut down the drives when I had it set to 5 minute hibernate. If I did anything other than 5minutes it would not shutdown at all. I tried them all. It took forever, but I tried it anyways. As well I thought it was very odd that the fans would not run at all unless I hammered them transferring tons of data to get the heat built up then they turned on. Feature or a flaw I don't know, but I thought it was rather odd non the less. My internal temp of my regular PC based server is 74-77 degrees F. I just love 120mm fans. 

[kizer_rezik]

ECF what drives are you using and what time do you have it set for to hibernate?

[ECF]

I'm using Seagate ST3250310AS Barracuda 7200.10 drives I have it set for 5 Min. I will change it and see if it fails to hibernate with a longer wait set.

So yours works at 5 Mins you say the issue is when its set higher 10 or more?

What I meant in the last statement as it may be due to the fact that Funplug was installed at some point creates an issue but that really doesn't explain much if it works with 1.05 FW installed just a theory at that point.

[bigclaw]

FYI, my 1.06 drives hibernate OK with a time interval of 10 minutes. All servers disabled, LLTD disabled, and no printers attached.

[kizer_rezik]

What drives are you using? Since yours works at 10minutes?

[kizer_rezik]

I'm using Seagate ST3250310AS Barracuda 7200.10 drives I have it set for 5 Min. I will change it and see if it fails to hibernate with a longer wait set.

So yours works at 5 Mins you say the issue is when its set higher 10 or more?

What I meant in the last statement as it may be due to the fact that Funplug was installed at some point creates an issue but that really doesn't explain much if it works with 1.05 FW installed just a theory at that point.

Yeah,

When I first installed my drives I noticed they wouldn't shut off like they where supposed to so I got curious and started looking around and found the fun_plug and gave it an install. After not finding what I wanted to see I formatted both drives and started over and then gave 1.05 a try. Frustrated with the fans always being on I gave 1.06 a try again and decided I'd rather have the fans on all the time opposed to the fans appearing to never be on and the drive not shutting down like I thought it was supposed to.

I have been thinking I might just give the 1.06 one more shot since this thread seems to be getting some attention and deduct from what I find.

Running 1.05
I did notice something odd last night. AT 8:15 my drives spun up. Then again at 9:15. I'm not sure why and I double checked to make sure none of the servers where enabled. I didn't stay up all night to see if they constantly spin up 15minutes after the hour, but found it to be a bit odd.

[bigclaw]

What drives are you using? Since yours works at 10minutes?

Two Western Digital Caviar Green Power 750GB drives (WD7500AACS).