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Originally Posted by asian_XL
Green drive also has LLC problem, the drive spins down after 8 seconds which will wear out faster, I have already disabled it.
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it wears out faster because it stops and conserves power ...?
edit: of course, what would we do w/o google:
"In short, the LLC problem is this: the WD 'Green drives' try to reduce the power consumption
by parking their heads after few seconds that there is nothing to read or write.
However, with Linux-based computers (like Synology NAS), disks receive requests even only
to re-read some data every few seconds. What happens in the WD greens is that if they are idle
you can hear a click of the head parking... and then immediately moving again. Every about 8 seconds.
If you repeat this 24h per day, you can imagine that is not healthy for the disk.
And here the WDIDLE3 tool comes to help, by delaying the head parking."
should i be running wdidle3 in a non-NAS setup? when i searched for wdidle3 briefly it shows it as a
firmware tool, rather than a dos command toggle.
edit2: just did it using the following instructions:
http://www.jzab.de/content/ultimate-...-util-included
- burn the iso or make a bootable iso:
- extract the iso with i.e. winrar.
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http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/customize.html ; scroll to 'Making UBCD memory stick'
- it won't be your T: probably, use the 'list all drives' command to see which one (of 3 on mine when booted)
- upon first boot it said bootmgr missing (probably 'cause i disconnected the other drives when performing this), so go into the BIOS first to re-select the correct boot drive