Hi,
Just getting started with OMV and switching over from a Windows file server (which seemed to auto manage disk spin down, etc.) and wanted to see what other might recommend for disk power settings. The NAS will be used mostly for streaming movies so will be off most the time and only on when watching a movie or managing the data. There are 8 HDDs in a P4 box all on a 450 watt power supply... in most cases only one disk will be accessed at a time (watching a movie) so definitely want the others to spin down. And acoustics are not a problem really because the box is in a different room than the TV.
I was thinking to leave "Advanced Power Management" to "Disabled" (mostly wondering what is a good one to choose here?), "Automatic Acoustic Management" to "Disabled", "Spindown time" to "5 minutes", "SMART" to "Active" and "Write cache" "Disabled". Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot for any input!