05-26-2017, 11:01 PM
michaelb wrote:
[quote=jdc]
[quote=michaelb]
... currently I am powering off my TM drive and turning it on periodically and running then.
I dont get this either.
I agree this is not a good back up plan. but my 2009 mini no longer sleeps properly, the drives continue to spin, this is a known issue with the OS and isn't going to get fixed. I installed solar power this year, and so tested everything in my home with a killawatt. My computer sitting there with a gazzilon backup drives and USB hubs and speakers, etc, burns a lot of power, KWs a day. So turning off everything attached to it when I am not using it cuts that down by about 500% (100 watts to 20 watts or so).
Actually, if you cut it by 100% you would be down to zero. Apparently you are meaning to say that you cut it to 20% of normal.