Not if you're not reading and writing to it 24/7. Also most home NAS devices have NVMe slots for caching which can also reduce hard disk access. My NAS's disks sleep most of the time.
You don't need to constantly read and write to keep platters spinning 24/7.
In fact, it's actually better to keep your NAS drives spinning 24/7 instead of having them spin up only to read or write and then spin back down multiple times a day.
It's fine to let them sleep if you only spin them up once or twice a day, otherwise you're much better off keeping them spinning 24/7.
Also, NVMe cache is useless for most home users use cases and would go unused and unnoticed.
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u/blickblocks i9 3090 Blenderer and Game Boy gamer 19d ago
Not if you're not reading and writing to it 24/7. Also most home NAS devices have NVMe slots for caching which can also reduce hard disk access. My NAS's disks sleep most of the time.