external raid, sleeps and wakes up when it shouldn't.

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external raid, sleeps and wakes up when it shouldn't.

Got a new MacBook Pro and now my external RAID is impossible to work with. Every time I try to access a file, the computer freezes up for 20 seconds while the RAID wakes up. It keeps going to sleep or something.

On the flip side, when I put the computer to sleep, every 30 minutes or so, the RAID starts to wake up and starts to create read/write clicks and fan noise, which is annoying as I sleep in the same room.

How do I get my RAID to behave? to stay on when my computer is active and stay asleep when my computer is asleep?

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Jan 1, 2023 07:58 PM

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TheLittles

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Jan 1, 2023 08:10 PM in response to sadafssa

sadafssa Said:

"external raid, sleeps and wakes up when it shouldn't.: Got a new MacBook Pro and now my external RAID is impossible to work with. Every time I try to access a file, the computer freezes up for 20 seconds while the RAID wakes up. It keeps going to sleep or something.[...]"

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Seems there are a few misconfigurations. So, what to do...

Reinstall the macOS:

Nothing would be deleted. It's just that items that have become corrupted or deleted, would be replaced or reinstalled back to where they should be. Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support. Important: Be certain to create a backup of your Mac prior to all of this. That way, you can have something to restore from the Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall.

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