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Re: Remote power off of NAS?!



I'd agree with Jim,

If the NAS supports shutdown via UPS cable, could you hook it up to a UPS,
shutdown the power to the UPS via X10 and have it signal the NAS box to
turn
off?


On 27/08/07, Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> noel_pilot wrote:
> > So...my question, is there any issue of me cutting the power to
the
> > NAS using X10? there's a power button on the front but not really
sure
> > what shutdown it goes through,
> >
>
> Personally, I would *never* just power off something with a harddisc
in.
> At best it will vastly increase the chances of file system corruption.
>
> If there's a telnet or ssh (or maybe even web) interface, you should
be
> able to automate a clean shutdown.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
Andy


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