Hi
Yes, I tried proxmox 6.14.0-2-pve kernel which enabled spindown of the HDD.
I'm still in the process of installing the NAS for my needs - so no final configuration yet. I found out, that you need to be careful with autoshutdown plugin: By default, HDD usage is monitored, which prevents the HDD to spin down.
Just a short note on deactivating the backport: To be fair, there is also a disadvantage to this procedure: With the older kernel version, the spindown of the HDD (refurbished Seagate IronWolf 12TB (ST12000VN0007)) unfortunately does not work correctly for me (even if the values have been configured to 5 minutes spindown, for example).
This worked with linux-image-6.12.12+bpo-amd64 kernel from backports.
Hi TOMillr, I had exactly the same issue (also running OMV on Odroid H4+): Increased energy consumption after update?
Disabling the backports in omv-extras before running updates kept energy consumption on low level.
Hi ryecoaaron
This was exactly the right hint - thanks a lot!
I followed all your instructions and switched back to the older kernel - but consumption remained on elevated levels.
But then I started over again: Installed OMV from scratch, but this time disabled backports in omv-extras before running updates (which updated to kernel 6.1.0-33-amd64.)
Now energy consumption is back to 5 Watts (what is great)
Hi votdev,
Thanks for your answer. Meanwhile I did some more analysis and installed listed packages one by one.
The increase starts when I install the package linux-image-6.12.12+bpo-amd64
One question: What do you mean with 'Things done by Odroid OS image (out of control of OMV)' - the BIOS?
Increased energy consumption after update?
Dear forum,
I am in the process of installing a new NAS based on OMV 7. I have noticed that after the installation the energy consumption is as low as expected (about 5-7 watts)
However, when I install the updates suggested by OMV, the energy consumption increases to about 10 watts.
How can this be - since I don't use any other services or plugins and the BIOS settings are exactly the same?
I have checked with PowerTop that the system can still reach C10 states - no change here either.
I would be pleased if you could give me a tip on how I can continue to maintain the low energy consumption with updated packages.
Here more details:
Hardware:
Board Odroid H4+ (N97 CPU) with 16GB Ram
OS installed on eMMC 32 Gb
1 NVME WD Blue SN580 1 TB
1 Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series 512 GB
1 NIC used (1 GB, Hardware could handle 2.5)
System running headless, ie. disconnected HDMI & keyboard after installation
Fresh installation, only enabled read/write cache on drives, installed openmediavault-flashmemory 7.0.1 via OMV-Extras
With fresh installation:
OMV_Report_FreshInstall.txt
OMV reports 77 updates for my installation:
After updates of packages via OMV Updates:
Checked energy states via PowerTop, still getting C10 states
For comparison I have installed Ubuntu desktop on the system, which has also 4-5 Watts power consumption. As I'd like to run the system as basis for backups, paperless NGX, Immich and similar I try to keep energy consumption as low as possible.
I have not tried, which of the 77 updates actually doubles energy consumption - so I hope someone might be able to help me with this.
