Enabling The Disk Drive Spin Down Time - Drobo 8D User Manual

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Enabling the Disk Drive Spin Down Time

When the disk drives spin down, it helps to save electricity and can prolong the life of the drives.
Note, however, it will take the Drobo 8D a few moments to spin the drives back up again when
accessed. The default setting for this feature is 15 minutes on most Drobo devices.
Note:
When drives spin down, the lights on the Drobo device will dim. When the drives spin back
up again, the lights will fully illuminate.
To enable the disk drive spin down time:
1. In Drobo Dashboard on the All Drobos page, select the appropriate Drobo device.
2. Click the Drobo Settings option on the Navigation menu, and click General. The General Settings
page opens.
3. Select the Disk Drive Spindown check box to enable it, or de-select it to disable Disk Drive
Spindown.
4. Click the OK button. The setting is changed.
Related topics:
Enabling or Disabling Dual Disk Redundancy
Dimming the Lights on 8D
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