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Re: Remote power off of NAS?!



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



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