Spin Down or Not / Or use Advanced Power Managment

Howdy,

So I have just completed my NAS build and have x2 8TB Seagate IronWolf drives and am just wondering is it best to have my drives to spin down (which I currently have set to 20min) as I may only access the HDD's once a week (even less) or when I feel like watching a movie or do I leave them spinning? As I'm using a compact case (Silverstone DS380) I've noticed the drive temps sometimes hit the 40 degree mark although they typically stay in the high 30s or low 40s. So either that or would I be better of using the Advanced Power Management although I'm not sure which setting I would use? Also if I had the drives spinning all the time do they automatically go into a power saving state without any configuration?

Thanks.

Thanks macom, and yeah it's a controversial subject as there is a mixture of opinions. Your method is similar to mine as I have my drives to spool down after 20min of inactivity.

Aint that Hd-Idle already part of OMV as I have that option to use APM? Isnt that basically the same as spindown although it also can adjust the power/speed of the drive whilst in use?

Zitat von macom

OMV is using hdparm
hd-idle is an additional program which has to be installed seperately

Okay.