Hi, I have an unraid server (6.11.5) with 15 HDD and 2TB NVME raid 1 cache drives. As its not used that often I have enabled the HDD spin down option and configured it to 15 minutes. When the server is not used for 15 minutes all the HDD powers down which is I want/need.

 

However when I install Plex Server as a docker on the unraid server, for some reason it keeps few of the HDDs powered up and spinning. When I stop the plex server docker for 20 minutes as a test I see all the HDD spin down ok, but as soon as I start the Plex docker, again some of the HDD spin up and stay spinning.

 

To combat this problem I installed Plex server on a VM, which allows all the HDDs to go into spin down, but I am not happy with the VM performance. So i want to move back to the docker install on the Unraid Server, however, the fact the Plex server keeps some of the HDD spinning is what is stopping me. I really prefer to run plex on unraid as a docker. Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem please? Thank you in advance.

 

Addition:

The user itimpi has suggested I attach the diagnostic which I agree with and its a good suggestion, unfortunately i uninstalled plex server from unraid before and currently there is no active install of plex on the urnaid server. Its still on a VM machine, but want to do a new install on unraid if i can find a solution to the above problem.

Edited April 7, 20233 yr by Propro009
additional notes

You are likely to get better informed feedback if you attach your system’s diagnostics zip file to your next post in this thread.