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fastfwd
Oct 15, 2013Virtuoso
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
Oct 15, 2013Guru - Experienced User
I think they advertise a utility that lets you change the settings on the RED drives. This is not WDIDLE, its something newer (and supported). You might ask about it.
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