External Disk noise

I have a Lacie External Drive connected to my AEBS. All the time while it's connected the drive wines. So much in fact, that I've turned it off. I know the drive is 'permanently' connected to the network but should it be causing it to wine like this?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks
Stewart

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