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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...
I have the spin down set for 10 minutes.
I just have a basic concerned based on some of the comments in this thread and on the internet in general about the Red drives. Seems like a number of people have had premature failures of the drives.
I just have a basic concerned based on some of the comments in this thread and on the internet in general about the Red drives. Seems like a number of people have had premature failures of the drives.
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