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WD2002FYPS - 2TB
Just upgraded from original Seagate 1Tb to brand new Western Digital 2Tb WD2002FYPS in a ReadyNAS 1100. All right! /Dat4WD
WD RE4-GP (WD2002FYPS)
3.5-inch Enterprise SATA Hard Drives
2 TB, 1.2 million hours MTBF, 64 MB Cache, IntelliPower
Manufacturer Information
Hacking at Idle 3 with [WDIDLE3.EXE]
After doing a bit of researching I decided to give WDIDLE3.EXE a go. Instead of disabling the Idle 3 timer, I decided to follow Western Digital's support advice to extend rather than disable it.
3.5-inch Enterprise SATA Hard Drives
2 TB, 1.2 million hours MTBF, 64 MB Cache, IntelliPower
Manufacturer Information
Hacking at Idle 3 with [WDIDLE3.EXE]
After doing a bit of researching I decided to give WDIDLE3.EXE a go. Instead of disabling the Idle 3 timer, I decided to follow Western Digital's support advice to extend rather than disable it.
- Powered down ReadyNAS Pro unit and extracted Disk #1.
- Plugged Disk #1 into bare-bones machine with SATA controller.
- Found a copy of WDIDLE3.EXE through Google.
- Created a bootable FREEDOS CD which included WDIDLE.EXE using FREEDOS (PM me if you want a copy of the ISO image).
- Booted from FREEDOS CD into CLI.
- Executed CLI command "C:\WDIDLE3.EXE /S254" and powered down bare-bones machine.
- Inserted Disk #1 back into ReadyNAS Pro unit and powered up.
Immediate Results
The ReadyNAS Pro unit booted up with no issues and review of logs appear to be fine. After 30 minutes the LCC on Disk #1 remained unchanged, while unmodified Disk #2 and #3's LCC values continued to increase. :D
It was interesting to note that the default timer setting for the drive was for 12.8 seconds. Using the "C:\WDIDLE3.EXE /S254" command resets the timer to 25.4 seconds (don't ask why I didn't use 25.5 seconds).
SMART Information for Disk 1
Model: WDC WD2002FYPS-01U1B0
Serial: WD-WCAVY-----44
Firmware: 04.05G04
SMART Attribute
Raw Read Error Rate 0 ; Spin Up Time 0 ; Start Stop Count 4 ; Reallocated Sector Count 0 ; Seek Error Rate 0 ; Power On Hours 259 ; Spin Retry Count 0 ; Calibration Retry Count 0 ; Power Cycle Count 5 ; Power-Off Retract Count 2 ; Load Cycle Count 1919 ; Temperature Celsius 33 ; Reallocated Event Count 0 ; Current Pending Sector 0 ; Offline Uncorrectable 0 ; UDMA CRC Error Count 0 ; Multi Zone Error Rate 0 ; ATA Error Count 0
Sit and wait ...
I'm going to update my Disk #2 and Disk #3 and also set their Idle 3 timer values to 25.4 seconds, copy data onto the unit and see how things go over the next few weeks. If all goes well I'll update my remaining three (3) WD2002FYPS drives and I should be set for the next year or two! :)
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