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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> The WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 1TB "green" harddisk has an design flaw: |
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> The heads are parked after a much too short time. Or in other words: |
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> The designed maximum of head-park-cycles are reached much too fast. |
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I have 2TB samsung drives which, by default, park heads very quickly. |
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Using hdparm I changed power saving mode from "off" (which parks after |
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a minute) to "254" and now the heads never park. (Different levels can |
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give different results). Maybe your WD drive is similar. |
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