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#1 2010-07-06 00:43:07
- krimb1
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dns323-spindown questions
Hello to all at this great forum!
I'm using fonz's dns323-spindown program from here: http://www.inreto.de/dns323/utils/
Short and sweet question: if I issue the command `dns323-spindown 10` will I be setting the timer for just the next spindown, or does it affect all subsequent spindowns as well?
Tried searching first but could not find anything. 
Thanks!
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#2 2010-07-06 04:43:58
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Hmm, well from a quick trial and error it seems to affect all future spindowns, overriding the "power management" settings in the Web GUI. Is that correct?
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#4 2010-07-06 09:48:45
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Great, thanks fonz! Is the command line version more reliable than the power management settings, in your opinion?
Also, I tried searching but would you mind clarifying the syntax for the output? I understand ACTIVE means the disks are spinning, but what are [03] and [01]?
Code:
root@dlink-EE65AE:~# dns323-spindown [03] hd0 hd1 [01] ACTIVE
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#6 2010-07-06 17:50:17
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Thanks again fonz — would have never figured that out myself. 
Still interested in what others think about using dns323-spindown vs the web-interface's power management control. In my experience I think the latter sometimes takes longer than the specified time to sleep the disks, so maybe it's not that reliable?
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#7 2010-07-07 11:13:08
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
In my case (dns-323 C1 fw 1.08) dns323-spindown double the time for spindown, i.e.: setting 5 -> spindown in 10 minutes;
setting 30 -> spindown in 1 hour.
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#8 2010-07-08 02:50:33
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Hmm, very interesting! Do you find it to be more reliable for some reason than the web interface setting?
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#9 2010-07-08 19:38:14
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Both are ok IMHO, but I prefer cmd tool because I run it via cron for day/night power managment settings. The web setting in this way is overrided by cron two times per day and it's working fine for me. So if You need - like me - different setting depending on time of a day (from 4PM - 7AM I don't use dns323 too often, so 10minutes is optimal and at daytime I need the device to be online whithout often spinup's/spindown's so my setting is 1 hour) then use dns323-spindown and cron. Otherwise use web gui.
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#10 2010-07-10 18:40:57
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Re: dns323-spindown questions
Ah, that's a great idea, I might do that too. Thanks!
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