January 18Jan 18 I am trying to set up a small UNRAID server using an old HP Microserver Gen 8.I was hoping to use some 3TB Hitachi SAS drives, via an Arc 1214 controller, that I have but couldn't get them to spindown, even with the SAS Spindown plugin.So I installed 4 SATA drives via the internal SATA controller and they Spindown just fine.But if I control those SATA drives using the ARC 1214 they too don't spindown.So presumably it's not an SAS drive problem but an ARC 1214/1224 problem either in it's setup or the way UNRAID handles it.Any ideas to a solution? microserver-diagnostics-20260118-2137.zip
January 19Jan 19 Community Expert Not all controllers support spin down, especially RAID controllers; also note they are not recommended with Unraid.
January 19Jan 19 Author 11 hours ago, JorgeB said:Not all controllers support spin down, especially RAID controllers; also note they are not recommended with Unraid.There's an option in the ARC 1214/1224 bios for spindown so it seems that this one should, but I cannot get that option to work.
January 20Jan 20 Community Expert A normal AHCI controller or true HAB doesn't need any BIOS option; spindown is controlled by the driver.
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