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Washac

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Original poster
Hi


How many people out there use the - Put HD/HDs to sleep when possible setting ?
 
There's eight drives in my system and they're on 24/7, never sleep them once. When it comes to noise I think the power amp makes more noise with it's active cooling. 😱
 
I use both...

"put drives to sleep when possible" when I'm casually working... browsing the internet, light photo work, email, etc; and use DiskSomnia when I'm editing video so my drives don't spin down. 4 internal, 6 external (eSATA, FW800).
 
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