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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...
Scouser wrote: Looking around for a Linux alternative to WDIDLE3.exe I found this http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
I will give it a try when when I get home. Anyone else care to try it?
That's what I use, since it can be run directly on the NAS. I've compiled it for the Pro/Ultra; it's here if you don't feel like building it yourself:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0qiu0m5l4dt4a4/idle3ctl
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