Stellar! Thanks for the info!
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Cyber@feddit.uk 6 months agoYep, look into Wake On LAN if you judt want to power the NAS on remotely.
My NAS also powers on at certaIn times of day and off again after a while - IF - no-one’s connected / no network traffic / etc.
I do NOT need my NAS on at 3am…
comfydecal@infosec.pub 6 months ago
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 months ago
You can also configure the HDDs to power down when they’re not in use. HDDs are the biggest power consumer anyway.
rentar42@kbin.social 6 months ago
Note that there is some reliability drawback of spinning hard disks on and off repeatedly. maybe unintuitively HDDs that spin constantly can live much longer than those that spend 90% of their time spun down.
This might not be relevant if you use only SSDs, and might never affect you, but it should be mentioned.