When Adding a Disk, there are some options included that have the potential to increase the lifespan of Hard Disk Drives within XigmaNAS.
Not all HDD support any, or all of these advanced hard drive options, and so you should confirm your HDD capabilities via the Diagnostic: Information Page and the ataidle tab. (see below).
Use this option only if XigmaNAS can’t automatically detect this mode correctly. Currently supported modes are:
Puts the hard disk into standby mode when the selected amount of time after the last access has elapsed.
Permitted values are:
This allows you to lower the power consumption of the drive, at the expense of performance.
Permitted values are: