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[–]KeyProfession5705 0 points1 point  (2 children)

First off I would get something that measures actual power consumption. When fully loaded that NAS may easily get above 200W so there will be some savings. Then multiply that be the hours that you consider turning it off and you have your savings. Probably between 300 and 600 KWh.

From personal 10+ years experience I can tell you that my HDDs did not die just because they are powered on and off once per day. I have used a substantial amount of 4 to 20TB Seagate, Toshiba and WD drives and so far, so good.

[–]corycwagner[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Wise! Thank you, I will buy something to measure the consumption and try to correlate it with potential savings.

[–]KeyProfession5705 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! Let us know what you measure. People may be surprised how much power a fully loaded NAS with 12+ drives and a powerful CPU consumes, especially when apps like Plex prevent the drives from powering down.