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Maybe I should clarify... I'm used to using unraid, where I have a pool of space and the system only spins up the drive that the data is located...even though that 'share' may be pooled across several drives. Thus, if I go a week without needing a video I saved to disk 2 of my three drive pool, disks 1 and 3 don't have to spin up the whole time I'm watching that video. That sort of thing... Is that capability available in drivepool? I'm a bit worried at the moment as well, as I'm already being thrown in auto-duplicate and balance settings which I really don't want to get into...last thing I need is a bunch of drives with duplicated data to sort out if one drive goes bad... Pete

Hi, I'm using Drivepool with some large external USB drives, simply as an archival mechanism for my NAS. Every so often, I will sync them manually (or use a tool) to copy any changes from the nas onto my single letter that's pooled across the four 5TB drives. Question... how is drive spindown handled in this situation? I really don't want the four drives to be spunup all the time..especially since I may only do this 'sync' every month or two. I'd rather not disconnect them from my system, as I don't want something else coming in and taking the drive letters and confusing Drivepool....but being a new user of the product, I'm still in the process of understanding the 'gotcha's' that go along with it's use.. Any info is appreciated. Thanks Pete