Need persistent indexing of USB-connected drive

Ned

• October 30, 2020 19:50

People want to be able to power off devices at night to conserve energy & lower fire risk. Standby, however efficient, is not environmentally sound. SO: USB-connected drives should persist indexing to make powee-up quicker. Note: usb is often preferred to NAS - has ample storage, quicker, & cushy require a PC left on all the time.

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  Bjørn Ulvik

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  • October 30, 2020 20:59

  NAS is often preferred. :-)
  Quick and reliable. Sleep mode adjustable in most instances.
  
  Note:If you are powering off equipment that's not "ment" to be powered off, you'll probably get a "shorter" life-span. Shorter life-span means buying new equipmet....and that's not environmentally friendly.

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  Ned

  • October 30, 2020 22:28

  Bjørn: interesting point on lifespan but not sure that'd be the case. Warm stuff has a shorter life.. But so does stuff changing temp frequently so you may be right.

  Re: NAS. Clearly many like that, especially if also streaming video. But goodness - far cheaper for a multi-TB usb drive - even SSD. So even a thousand CDs leave room to spare.

  But point is, I like a simple SSD & powering off nightly for several reasons. And very sensible for that config to be much better supported.

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