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View submission: F4-424 Pro HDD Sleep Issue.
I Always thought WD Reds we made to never sleep. Even when forced they would just stay on. Not sure but maybe they park the heads but I have never seen them power down in my F4-423 I have 8 total running. Just leave them on not using that much power. I think with 8 running and a NVR and such using like 65-80 watts total not worth for me of powering down and having to wait if I need something or want to watch something.
Comment by Only1Moran at 30/01/2025 at 13:59 UTC
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It depends on your TOS, When I had TOS 5, they wouldn't sleep. I could hear them spin down and then spin back up. TOS 5 I was told (customer support) when you install it, the system info (regardless of where you pick to install) gets spread across all drives. Thus they never go to sleep. Once I upgraded to TOS 6.0.500+, the system file was only on my NVME, making my other drives just hold the media/data. They now do spin down, stay asleep until needed. The delay is barely noticeable for me. In the passed 120 hours (5 days), they have only spun up/down a total of 10-15 times. One day they were used a total of 2 hours, so 22 hours of sleep.
I know the whole debate between 24/7 vs sleep. I personally, cant justify leaving them run 24/7 when they only get used less than 8 hours a day. Drives will die one way or another, backups are key here, which I have.