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2TB WD20EARS HCL Advanced Format 4k Sectors TLER LCC WDidle3
EDIT: This thread was written before the Readynas group had recognized and addressed the WD Advanced Format HDD's. An issue that remains to this day is the massive LCC(Load Cycle Count) increases due ...
EDIT: WDIDLE3 will not void your warranty as per HanSolo and WD conversation.
mdgm wrote: I still don't like the look of that Load Cycle Count. I still wouldn't recommend using WD Green disks because of that.
You can try to use the WDIDLE3 utility but it will void the warranty of your disks, I believe and may damage them.
I tend to agree about not purchasing these drives in future,
but in Melbourne that was all they had and I had the old x6/600 lose a drive so i bit the bullet and got the ReadyNasProPioneer RNPP that I am now having serious thoughts about taking back for a refund.
I did speak to netgear and they confirmed the WD20EARS and Advanced Format with their top level engineer.
I specifically asked about 4k cluster size and Advanced Format mis-alignment performance issues.
Question @mdgm.
This seems slower than expected... Is this normal for RAID Level X-RAID2, 6 disks (with dual redundancy).???
22.0 MB/s write to NAS
77.9 MB/s read from NAS
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