@eltee yes it seems, WD drives have this feature baked into the firmware. You can use a WD app to disable enable & Increase, decrease the time before sleep. So does the HDD start up if you try to...

@Kevin_Z ASUS Routers do. You can see under tech specs hdd hibernation. https://www.asus.com/in/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-WiFi-Routers/RT-AX3000/techspec/ It would be great to have...

Please implement USB HDD spindown. Those of us who use NAS capabilities of your routers could really benefit from saving the lives of these drives and not wear out by spinning 24/7. It makes no sense...

@Bjups @Kevin_Z Seriosuly...this is a MUST have feature. I keep some important data on my USB HDD. I like to have it readily accesible. My ancient Netgear r6300v3 from like 8-9 years ago could do it....