User Manual

Manage Power Usage
You can configure settings on your ReadyNAS system to reduce power consumption.
• Enable Power Timer
• Enable Wake on LAN
• What Is Disk Spin-Down
• Set or Change Disk Spin-Down
Enable Power Timer
You can configure your ReadyNAS system to power itself on and off automatically according to a schedule.
CAUTION:
If you schedule this device to power off, data transfers are interrupted, pending backup
jobs do not run, and snapshots are not taken.
There are two different types of schedules available for the power timer, state based, or event based. If you
set a state-based schedule, you must set the power state, on or off, for every hour, although it is easy to
set ranges of hours such as every night. If you set an event-based schedule, you determine at what times
the system turns on or turns off—these are the events. Between events, the system remains in the state
set by the last event.
To enable the power timer and set a schedule:
1. Log in to your ReadyNAS system.
2. Select System > Power.
3. If not already expanded, expand Power Timer.
4. Select the Power Timer check box.
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ReadyNAS OS 6.9.3