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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1740528" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>The latter. </p><p></p><p>I currently have a very inexpensive (and so functionally limited) NAS drive attached on my system. The device only understands drives formatted as exFAT and, regardless of settings, will not spin down unless the device is ejected (i.e., unmounted) using Finder. That means that although I have it set to spin down after 10 minutes it will run continually once it is mounted until I manually "eject" it and then, 10 minutes later, it will stop spinning.</p><p></p><p>It is annoying in that I should not have to manually do something like that but, as I said, it is a very inexpensive NAS enclosure with my own disk mounted inside. The configuration is done through the web interface and it only has 3 options - spin continuously, stop after 10 minutes of non-use and stop after 20 minutes of non-use. That was the reason for my questions. I have ordered a new dual bay enclosure (by a more well known manufacturer) and wanted to know if my experience with my current NAS was representative of all such devices or not.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One would think so. However, as I mentioned, my present device will not spin down as long as it is mounted and that was the reason for my questions. I have to assume that more mainstream devices will function properly but I wanted to ask before I invested any "real money" in a device.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1740528, member: 305741"] The latter. I currently have a very inexpensive (and so functionally limited) NAS drive attached on my system. The device only understands drives formatted as exFAT and, regardless of settings, will not spin down unless the device is ejected (i.e., unmounted) using Finder. That means that although I have it set to spin down after 10 minutes it will run continually once it is mounted until I manually "eject" it and then, 10 minutes later, it will stop spinning. It is annoying in that I should not have to manually do something like that but, as I said, it is a very inexpensive NAS enclosure with my own disk mounted inside. The configuration is done through the web interface and it only has 3 options - spin continuously, stop after 10 minutes of non-use and stop after 20 minutes of non-use. That was the reason for my questions. I have ordered a new dual bay enclosure (by a more well known manufacturer) and wanted to know if my experience with my current NAS was representative of all such devices or not. One would think so. However, as I mentioned, my present device will not spin down as long as it is mounted and that was the reason for my questions. I have to assume that more mainstream devices will function properly but I wanted to ask before I invested any "real money" in a device. [/QUOTE]
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