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>> I've just checked out the man page for hdparm. There I noticed the |
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>> new -J switch. It reads: |
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>>> Get/set the Western Digital (WD) Green Drive's "idle3" timeout |
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>>> value. This timeout controls how often the drive parks its heads and |
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>>> enters a low power consumption state. The factory default is eight |
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>>> (8) seconds, which is a very poor choice for use with Linux. Leaving |
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>>> it at the default will result in hundreds of thousands of head |
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>>> load/unload cycles in a very short period of time. The drive |
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>>> mechanism is only rated for 300,000 to 1,000,000 cycles, so leaving |
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>>> it at the default could result in premature failure, |
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# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count |
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193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age |
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Always - 920472 |
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So i'm at 920K - has anyone tried -J? Since it returns this (below) I |
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think i'll just leave it drive with the 8 second timer. The drive is |
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mirrored. |
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Use of -J is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. |
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This implementation is not as thorough as the official WDIDLE3.EXE. |
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Use at your own risk! |
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Please also supply the --please-destroy-my-drive flag if you really want this. |
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