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WD Red drives park their heads like WD Green drives?
So I checked the SMART stats on my new 4TB Red drive (WD40EFRX) today. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that in only 249 power-on hours it has already experienced 36820 load/unload cycles! Me...
StephenB wrote: The WD30EFRX does not behave that way.
Thanks, that's good to know.
StephenB wrote: I'd contact WDC support.
Have. Telephone support told me that the "600,000" figure in the datasheet was just a description of one of the conditions under which they tested the drives, not the maximum rating, and that the drive could withstand a limitless number of load cycles... So I opened a case via their website. Now I'm waiting for a response.
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