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will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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I upgraded to the latest version. My previous version was several years old and I remember setting up wathed folders, log folder and maybe other folders on a usb flash drive connected to my QNAP NAS.

Is that still necessary with the latest version? If yes, then how do I ensure spin down?

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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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I have set Watched Folder Scan Speed at 0 - will that disable the folder scan?

Are there other things to disable or move to USB?
What about password file? I can see that it used to be on my usb but I don't see how that would prevent spinn down? I assume that passwrd file will only be accessed when a downoad job is finished, right?
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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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In the Scheduler you set a pause-all event.
Only that will set SABnzbd to the absolute minimum activity.
It's only available in the Scheduler.
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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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Thanks - but won't that disable downloads?

Is it not possible to move all activity to the usb?

How about a selctable feature that enables the "pause-all" event if there are no current downloads? That would be great!
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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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If you're not connected to the interface and you're not downloading to the disk, SAB won't access it and it will spin down.
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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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okay, so you are sure that it won't access Watched Folder or log folder etc if there is no current download (and the web interface is not open)?

If that is true - how would it discover if I put a nzb file in the watched folder? Or would I still need to set that setting to zero - "0"
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Oh yes, indeed the dirscanner will continue..
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Re: will sabnzb prevent spindown of my NAS?

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Thank for the help so far ;D
ok, so I just need to disable the watched folder, and then sabnzbd will completely "shutdown" when a download job is finished? No log writing or .nzb or password check?
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Indeed!
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