I have a Ubuntu Server 18.04 as well as a NAS on my network. The drives on the NAS are configured to stop spinning after a bit of idle time; they take a noticeable time to start up when needed. That is fine, though.
When I login to the server over SSH, I notice the powered-down drives on the NAS are started up, and only when they are running at full speed am I connected to the server.
Question: how can I avoid the NAS being started up when I login?
Why would the SSH service need the drive to let me login, anyway? Subsequent logins are instantaneous, as long as the NAS is still spinning.
The NAS is mounted on the server as two cifs shares on /mnt/tower and /mnt/tower2. The shares are accessible to my user account. However, I don't need to login to the server in order to access the NAS, I can do that straightaway. (This makes the delay all the more annoying.)
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