Mavericks Won't Respond After Extended Sleep

hello
i have 9/2013 27" iMac with 7-port hub and 2-tb western digital disk attached (both usb 3) running OS X 10.9.
more often than not my iMac after being in sleep for several hours will freeze at login screen rendering logging back in to my session futile; i end up powering off/on system.
wondering how many others may be experiencing this?

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