Hi.  I see the choices for disk spin down times of 1-5 hours,  but I would be interested in shorter times.  Like 5-15-30 minutes as well.  And I would think that would be very easy to implement.  Anyone else like this idea?  Also a way to have the disks not running when you first boot up would be nice.

I would be interested in this and maybe drive specific times also, my music drive I access quite often while other things like backup drives I do not.

Ditto, what they said.

Added to 'the list':

 

- implement shorter disk spin down delays; also would be nice to have per-disk control of this

 

Being able to prevent spin up during initial boot is not possible because the bios spins them up as part of discovery process.

Thanks for adding that.  A 5 minute spin-down time for me (or whatever short time you pick) will help keep my case cooler and save a little electricity too. 

Hi all,

 

If you are really in a hurry to spin the drives down from a power up, all you have to do is set the motherboard clock up one hour, make sure the drives have all spun down, then set the clock back to the correct time.

 

This process can be done from the unRaid webpage's set time function.

 

I have done it several times so I know it works.

 

Just a thought.

 

Regards,

TCIII

Hi all,

 

If you are really in a hurry to spin the drives down from a power up, all you have to do is set the motherboard clock up one hour, make sure the drives have all spun down, then set the clock back to the correct time.

 

This process can be done from the unRaid webpage's set time function.

 

I have done it several times so I know it works.

 

Just a thought.

 

Regards,

TCIII

 

Very resourceful!

Added to 'the list':

 

- implement shorter disk spin down delays; also would be nice to have per-disk control of this

 

I know this might sound weird, but if you implement per-disk configuration of spin-down, and shorter spin-down delays, could you also add an entry to the drop-down list to never spin down a specific disk.  Might be useful for the cover-art where a start-up delay might be objectionable as a person looks for something to view/play.

 

Joe L.

Or, how about the idea of a spin up/down scheduler? That way I could schedule the time of day that I'd want fast access to my data, and yet have the array sleep when I do. Thoughts?

 

-PGPfan

I like that idea alot PGPFan - I was thinking about implementing some kind of DIY solution using CRON / AT and a series or ls -al commands...

I know this might sound weird, but if you implement per-disk configuration of spin-down, and shorter spin-down delays, could you also add an entry to the drop-down list to never spin down a specific disk.  Might be useful for the cover-art where a start-up delay might be objectionable as a person looks for something to view/play.

 

I second this.  In fact, it's at the top of my list, above writeable user shares and security.  I keep all my Media Center cover art and the My Movies database on a single drive, which I would like to leave spinning all the time so I can browse the catalog without paying that 20-30 second penalty if the disks are spun down.

Same boat here, would love drive specific times, for the media center reason, and because of backups rarely used.

 

But first, shorter times than 1 hour would be nice, like 10 minutes.