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WD20EARS just added on the official HCL - mistake and issues
The official HCL has (quietly !) been updated for Sparc based machines with a 2TB WD desktop class drive: the WD20EARS (http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=82). This is in principle good news as the WD20...
I have two
WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0 in my Ultra 2 as well.
And I can see that the LCC is increasing very fast.
But checking with hdparm it seems that setting is already turned off (AdvancedPM=no):
Is there anything else to do or is wdidle3 the way to go?
Edit: running FW 4.2.19
WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0 in my Ultra 2 as well.
And I can see that the LCC is increasing very fast.
But checking with hdparm it seems that setting is already turned off (AdvancedPM=no):
Ultra:~# hdparm -i /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Model=WDC WD20EARS-00J99B0, FwRev=80.00A80, SerialNo=WD-WCAWZ1395124
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=50
BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=3907029168
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Is there anything else to do or is wdidle3 the way to go?
Edit: running FW 4.2.19
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