Media for Itunes on external hd. When drive sleeps itunes won't wake it up

I have a new mac mini. I keep all of my songs and movies on an external hd and itunes knows to look for them there. When I stream to my apple tv everything works great. If I wait a few hours without using it, the external hd will go to sleep and the apple tv will not wake it up. I have two different hd's so it is not specific to one. I have to restart the computer for Itunes and the apple tv will work properly again. Is there a setting that will solve my dilemma? I have troubleshot this extensively and I am certain the drives going to sleep are the cause of my problem.

is your idea to have the computer put the harddrive to sleep, then when it is needed it will wake it up? Because the sleep is what is causing the problem. I have verified the setting is not enabled but I suppose I could try enabling it to troubleshoot further.

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