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WD10EACS: Huge Load cycle count [ NOT SOLVED] in 4.2.9
Hi, could ze jedis give their opinion on the following situation: While checking my smart values after a forth drive expansion (4x1TB) I found that my three other drives that are 7 months old have...
According to threads like this:
http://fixunix.com/kernel/379138-re-wes ... linux.html
The problem has to do with the intellipark feature and how linux interacts with it. If you have the 3rd generation models (WD10EACS-00D) the problem appears to be fixed (at least my linux server, posted in this thread, it isn't an issue).
Apparently the workaround is to use the wdidle3.exe utility from Western Digital to increase the intellipark window to the maximum of 25 seconds. That appears to solve the problem.
The downside is you need to run the utility from a DOS boot disk, the upside is the utility is apparently non-disruptive. So you can power down your Readynas, run the utility on all your drives on another machine, and put the drives back in before you boot up again and you should be good.
I haven't tried this, but I'm doing a factory reset soon, to enable online expansion, so I'm going to do it then.
http://fixunix.com/kernel/379138-re-wes ... linux.html
The problem has to do with the intellipark feature and how linux interacts with it. If you have the 3rd generation models (WD10EACS-00D) the problem appears to be fixed (at least my linux server, posted in this thread, it isn't an issue).
Apparently the workaround is to use the wdidle3.exe utility from Western Digital to increase the intellipark window to the maximum of 25 seconds. That appears to solve the problem.
The downside is you need to run the utility from a DOS boot disk, the upside is the utility is apparently non-disruptive. So you can power down your Readynas, run the utility on all your drives on another machine, and put the drives back in before you boot up again and you should be good.
I haven't tried this, but I'm doing a factory reset soon, to enable online expansion, so I'm going to do it then.
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