Which HDDs DO spin down properly?
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Which HDDs DO spin down properly?
So, having been informed by QNAP support that there is a problem with Western Digital disks (WD5000AAKS in my case) in that they do not always spin down properly, I want to know which disks work properly and with which firmware.
Does anyone have the Seagate ST3500630AS disks? That is what I was thinking of replacing the WDs with.
Can someone from QNAP comment?
Also, if your disks are working, can you confirm that they continue to work and spin down after a write operation.
Thanks,
pingu.
Does anyone have the Seagate ST3500630AS disks? That is what I was thinking of replacing the WDs with.
Can someone from QNAP comment?
Also, if your disks are working, can you confirm that they continue to work and spin down after a write operation.
Thanks,
pingu.
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Yes and no. The NAS is connected to the router, but the router is stand-alone, i.e. cable modem is off and PC is in hibernate mode (see also this post http://forum.qnap.com:/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=224).
I will try by actually disconnecting the network cable, too, and let you know.
Strangely, I think I remember the HDD spinning down in the very beginning, i.e. before I activated FTP and multimedia station. Could not verify this up to now, though.
Roman
I will try by actually disconnecting the network cable, too, and let you know.
Strangely, I think I remember the HDD spinning down in the very beginning, i.e. before I activated FTP and multimedia station. Could not verify this up to now, though.
Roman
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Hi,
I have been investigating a lack of spin down on my QNAP TS-209 and found that the Maxtor Diamond Max 10 Model 6V300F0 300Gb drive caused spin down to NOT occur when it is plugged in.
My other disk Seagate ST3500630AS 3.AA spins down correctly, so far!
I hope this helps.
Marc
I have been investigating a lack of spin down on my QNAP TS-209 and found that the Maxtor Diamond Max 10 Model 6V300F0 300Gb drive caused spin down to NOT occur when it is plugged in.
My other disk Seagate ST3500630AS 3.AA spins down correctly, so far!
I hope this helps.
Marc
NAS: TS-209
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500Gb Seagate (ST3500630AS 3.AA) & 1 x 300Gb Maxtor (6V300F0)
SlimServer Installed
USB Drive: 1 x 500Gb NTFS
OS: Windows Vista
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500Gb Seagate (ST3500630AS 3.AA) & 1 x 300Gb Maxtor (6V300F0)
SlimServer Installed
USB Drive: 1 x 500Gb NTFS
OS: Windows Vista
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MMmm, that previous post was a little incorrect. It seems that the spin down was a coincidence. The drive doesn't seem to spin down any more.
NAS: TS-209
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500Gb Seagate (ST3500630AS 3.AA) & 1 x 300Gb Maxtor (6V300F0)
SlimServer Installed
USB Drive: 1 x 500Gb NTFS
OS: Windows Vista
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500Gb Seagate (ST3500630AS 3.AA) & 1 x 300Gb Maxtor (6V300F0)
SlimServer Installed
USB Drive: 1 x 500Gb NTFS
OS: Windows Vista
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Hi
I found that if I enabled UPS support ( in System Tools ) my HDD would not spin down ; worth a quick check. Sorry if this a known issue already.
Otherwise its spinning down as configured, no probs.
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NAS: TS-109
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500GB Samsung HD501LJ
OS: Windows XP
Router: Billion 7402VGP
Media players: Roku M500 & Roku M1001
Running Twonky pre-installed; rescan time=0.
FTP enabled
Public + Qmultimedia folders as mapped drives with MS networking
I found that if I enabled UPS support ( in System Tools ) my HDD would not spin down ; worth a quick check. Sorry if this a known issue already.
Otherwise its spinning down as configured, no probs.
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NAS: TS-109
Firmware: Version 1.1.1 build 0831T
Raid: Off
HDD: 1 x 500GB Samsung HD501LJ
OS: Windows XP
Router: Billion 7402VGP
Media players: Roku M500 & Roku M1001
Running Twonky pre-installed; rescan time=0.
FTP enabled
Public + Qmultimedia folders as mapped drives with MS networking
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Well I should be getting my ST3500630AS drives today. I will be extrememly annoyed if the problem persists having been told by support that I shouldn't have bought the WD disks that are on the compatibility list (why are they on there then?).marct wrote:MMmm, that previous post was a little incorrect. It seems that the spin down was a coincidence. The drive doesn't seem to spin down any more.
However if you are having problems with your Seagate - I'm wondering whether it is a disk issue at all. I'll update the forum with my findings....
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OK, so got my Seagates last night.
Went through the whole initialisation thing and let the disks Resync (took ages). Then, lo and behold, into standby she went
Then I restored all my settings from when I had the WD disks (so twonky on, mediastation on, download station on, windows file sharing on, ftp on), I also wrote a test file to the Public share. Bing! Into standby after approx 5 mins and it was still in standby this morning *dances-a-jig*.
Got some more testing to do tonight, especially doing some streaming, large file transfers etc., but so far, so good.
QNAP - if you read this, I strongly urge you to at least put a note on your compatibility list against the WD disks. The standby feature is important to a lot of potential purchasers.
The Seagates are slightly noisier than the WDs (they sound like a bag of broken glass when seeking) but not nearly as bad as I had been led to believe and of course they are silent when in standby!
Went through the whole initialisation thing and let the disks Resync (took ages). Then, lo and behold, into standby she went
Then I restored all my settings from when I had the WD disks (so twonky on, mediastation on, download station on, windows file sharing on, ftp on), I also wrote a test file to the Public share. Bing! Into standby after approx 5 mins and it was still in standby this morning *dances-a-jig*.
Got some more testing to do tonight, especially doing some streaming, large file transfers etc., but so far, so good.
QNAP - if you read this, I strongly urge you to at least put a note on your compatibility list against the WD disks. The standby feature is important to a lot of potential purchasers.
The Seagates are slightly noisier than the WDs (they sound like a bag of broken glass when seeking) but not nearly as bad as I had been led to believe and of course they are silent when in standby!
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All was going pretty well except that my 209 was active this morning!
Now I think it's because of the thumbnail generator that is kicked off via the cron job at 3 in the morning, which was still running at 7.
I did load about 1700 photos last night (about 1.2 Gb worth). How long would you say the ImR_all process should take with this?
Also, does this mean that the QNAP will come out of standby every night at 3 even if there are no new thumbnails to generate?
Now I think it's because of the thumbnail generator that is kicked off via the cron job at 3 in the morning, which was still running at 7.
I did load about 1700 photos last night (about 1.2 Gb worth). How long would you say the ImR_all process should take with this?
Also, does this mean that the QNAP will come out of standby every night at 3 even if there are no new thumbnails to generate?