I read in various places that you can configure FreeNAS to put idle drives to sleep. I'm not able to find the settings in FreeNAS 11.2, though, so I'm guessing that only exists in earlier versions. Can we still configure this in FreeNAS 11.2 to put drives to sleep to save on power?
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Put drives to sleep
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You're going to want to read these posts...
Consider carefully if you really even want to do it before actually going down the road to do it... if you decide to, those threads have some paths to follow (and some advice to tread carefully as you go).
https://www.ixsystems.com/community...s-and-checking-power-states-new-script.41559/
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/hdd-spindown-timer.122/
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/how-to-let-drives-spin-down.26314/
Consider carefully if you really even want to do it before actually going down the road to do it... if you decide to, those threads have some paths to follow (and some advice to tread carefully as you go).
https://www.ixsystems.com/community...s-and-checking-power-states-new-script.41559/
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/resources/hdd-spindown-timer.122/
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/how-to-let-drives-spin-down.26314/
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