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Has anyone had WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0 re-enable TLER on its own
I just found the weirdest thing and now I am concerned about the longevity of my disks. System: ReadyNas PRO Business Edition I bought 7 - 2TB WDC WD20EADS-00R6B0 disks about 1.5 years ago (one ...
IIRC TLER (Time-Limited Error Recovery) has nothing to do with Load Cycle Count.
The value you want to change is the head parking timer (WD calls this "idle3") wich is set with wdidle3 (http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113).
Changing this from the default 8s to 300s will lower the count from up to 1000 per day to about 20.
Now im not sure if 300 is the ideal value.
Its a power saving feature afterall.
The value you want to change is the head parking timer (WD calls this "idle3") wich is set with wdidle3 (http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113).
Changing this from the default 8s to 300s will lower the count from up to 1000 per day to about 20.
Now im not sure if 300 is the ideal value.
Its a power saving feature afterall.
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