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I looked into the File Activity plugin as suggested. I was having issues with it, and with investigating how to get it to work I had installed the Fix Common Problems / Tips and Tweaks Plugin. I then adjusted the Tips and Tweaks plugin setting for Max Watches 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches': to 6524288 and changed the settings of the File Activity Plugin to the following: After making all the above changes to get the Plugin for FIle Activity to work correctly, then my SAS Spindown started working correctly. lol. So now I have no idea what was causing it. But if I had to make a guess it's the inotify changes I made in Tips and Tweaks. I'll leave it as it is now that it's working. Odd little workaround, that the changes required for one to work properly causes this plugin to work properly. System Logs as of now: ----------------------------------------- Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdm Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdj Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdk Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdh Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdg Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdd Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sde Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdb Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdr Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdf Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdc Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sds Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdq Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdl Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdi Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdp Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdm Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdk Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdj Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdg Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdh Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sde Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdc Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdd Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdb Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdf Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdi Nov 27 20:04:09 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdl

Thank you! I've done so. I appreciate the direction.

Greetings all, I have an issue with a few disks also not spinning down. I've noticed this was happening ever since my upgrade to 6.11. I'm currently running 6.11.5. I've uninstalled every app / plugin that reads anything from disk or reports smart information (temp, fan control etc) and disabled docker completely. I've changed spindown to 15 minutes and I see the calls to SAS Assist, but seconds later a Read call for SMART is kicked in and it spins the disk back up. The drives with issues can be seen with green mark below: My System Log looks like the following: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 27 13:15:40 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdt Nov 27 13:15:40 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdn Nov 27 13:15:40 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdo Nov 27 13:15:41 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdu Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdm Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdj Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdk Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdg Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdd Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sde Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdb Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdr Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdc Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sds Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdm Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdg Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdj Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdd Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdb Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sde Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdk Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdc Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sde Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:16:38 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdq Nov 27 13:16:38 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdl Nov 27 13:16:38 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdp Nov 27 13:16:38 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdl Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdi --------------------------------------------------------------------- Disk SDE Log: ----------------------- Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] 11721045168 512-byte logical blocks: (6.00 TB/5.46 TiB) Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] 4096-byte physical blocks Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] Mode Sense: db 00 10 08 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sde: sde1 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:19:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: ST6000NM0034_Z4D2WVPZ0000R601KR6P_35000c500841f8d57 (sde) 512 11721045168 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (5): import 4 sde 64 5860522532 0 ST6000NM0034_Z4D2WVPZ0000R601KR6P_35000c500841f8d57 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: md: import disk4: (sde) ST6000NM0034_Z4D2WVPZ0000R601KR6P_35000c500841f8d57 size: 5860522532 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sde Nov 27 13:00:25 Tower emhttpd: shcmd (41): echo 128 > /sys/block/sde/queue/nr_requests Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sde Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sde Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sde Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sde Disk SDH Log: ------------------------ Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] 11721045168 512-byte logical blocks: (6.00 TB/5.46 TiB) Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] 4096-byte physical blocks Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: d7 00 10 08 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Disabling DIF Type 2 protection Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Enabling DIF Type 0 protection Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sdh: sdh1 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:22:0: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: ST6000NM0034_Z4D1JRGF0000R533HWD2_35000c5008345baf3 (sdh) 512 11721045168 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (6): import 5 sdh 64 5860522532 0 ST6000NM0034_Z4D1JRGF0000R533HWD2_35000c5008345baf3 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: md: import disk5: (sdh) ST6000NM0034_Z4D1JRGF0000R533HWD2_35000c5008345baf3 size: 5860522532 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:00:25 Tower emhttpd: shcmd (42): echo 128 > /sys/block/sdh/queue/nr_requests Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdh Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdh Disk SDF Log: ------------------------ Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] 11721045168 512-byte logical blocks: (6.00 TB/5.46 TiB) Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] 4096-byte physical blocks Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: db 00 10 08 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sdf: sdf1 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:20:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: ST6000NM0034_S4D1C5GJ0000E715D6DK_35000c50099185123 (sdf) 512 11721045168 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (9): import 8 sdf 64 5860522532 0 ST6000NM0034_S4D1C5GJ0000E715D6DK_35000c50099185123 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: md: import disk8: (sdf) ST6000NM0034_S4D1C5GJ0000E715D6DK_35000c50099185123 size: 5860522532 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:00:25 Tower emhttpd: shcmd (45): echo 128 > /sys/block/sdf/queue/nr_requests Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdf Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdf Disk SDI Log: ----------------------- Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] 11721045168 512-byte logical blocks: (6.00 TB/5.46 TiB) Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] 4096-byte physical blocks Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] Write Protect is off Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] Mode Sense: d7 00 10 08 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] Preferred minimum I/O size 4096 bytes Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sdi: sdi1 Nov 27 12:59:55 Tower kernel: sd 1:1:23:0: [sdi] Attached SCSI removable disk Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: ST6000NM0034_S4D0BBE9_35000c5008efc9f2b (sdi) 512 11721045168 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: mdcmd (10): import 9 sdi 64 5860522532 0 ST6000NM0034_S4D0BBE9_35000c5008efc9f2b Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower kernel: md: import disk9: (sdi) ST6000NM0034_S4D0BBE9_35000c5008efc9f2b size: 5860522532 Nov 27 13:00:19 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:00:25 Tower emhttpd: shcmd (46): echo 128 > /sys/block/sdi/queue/nr_requests Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:16:07 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:16:25 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:31:26 Tower SAS Assist v2022.08.02: Spinning down device /dev/sdi Nov 27 13:31:45 Tower emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdi tower-diagnostics-20221127-1339.zip

Before version 6.11 the Plugin to Spin Down SAS Drives worked just fine. Now my array is online 24/7 and temps are the highest they've ever been. Manually spinning down my array also doesn't seem to spin down all my disks even with all docker containers turned off. I've never experienced this behavior in several years of running the same setup I'm running now.