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To spin down or not to spin down? - Enquiries - 01-16-2026
Gday Crew!
Love the work you do!
and feel free to send me a link if this topic has been covered by yourselves before.
I have …
a Terramaster F6-424 Max with a pair of 10tb Seagate Exos HDD’s in rapid 0 config and a pair of 18tb Segate Exos HDD’s in raid 0 config.
All relatively new drives … 2024 / 2025 date of manufacture.
The nas is being used as a Plex server ONLY.
I keep most of my new / to watch video content to be watched on a SATA SSD pool on the nas.
My question: is it safe, wise, effective to have my drives spin down - currently set to a 5 hr in-activity threshold.
Some sources say let the drives spin 24/7 and other say it’s safe to set them to spin down.
I would love your advice.
Thanks in advance.