no one confirm if this enclosure supports a host initiated spindown command? I don't use my disks very much, and still don't want to turn off the enclosure, but simply don't want the disks spinning all the time.

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I need the GR3660-BA31 as a backup system and connect it to the PC very little. I connected it, copied something and waited over half an hour, it did not switch off. After that I looked in the power options and in "advanced settings" you can set the time in minutes to turn off the hard drives. I used to have it set to "0" (no shutdown) to let SSDs do their work in the background (reset unused sectors). So I set a small minute value and it works, the spindown command is executed.

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Link to the manual:
https://www.raidon.com.tw/RAIDON2016/upload/product_download/182_UM_GR3660%20Series%20UM_V1.0.pdf
In point 9: 9. Please always connect the USB cable to the computer to ensure the energy saving function operating normally. 
This should answer the question; personally I use my disks for continuous recording and they obviously run all the time, so I haven't tested it.

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no one confirm if this enclosure supports a host initiated spindown command? I don't use my disks very much, and still don't want to turn off the enclosure, but simply don't want the disks spinning all the time.