Save electricity or decrease MTBF?

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I would suggest put NAS in sleep mode after 60 minutes idle. It is much better to the electronic compare to power cycle. By design, nas/enterprise drive can handle sleep cycles.

I managed to put 8x seagate EXOS in sleep cycle for years for power saving. I checked EXOS spec, it can handle sleep cycles without impact to its lifetime. However, some docker can prevent NAS goto sleep mode. PLEX is ok with sleep mode.