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Can WD20EARS run side by side with a WD20EZRX hard drive.
Hi, I am very new here, so I apologise for posting a question that may have already been answered. I have a Netgear ReadyNAS NV+V2 (4bay). At the moment I have 4 WD20EARS Caviar Green hard drives ...
The Green disks have the WDIDLE3 timer set to a very short period. Green disks will have a load cycle count that rises rapidly. You can change this behaviour using the WDIDLE3 utility.
Regardless of which disks you choose you should backup your data regularly. No important data should be stored on just the one device, no matter what that device is.
Regardless of which disks you choose you should backup your data regularly. No important data should be stored on just the one device, no matter what that device is.
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