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ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition / WD20EARS HDD's
Hi, I need to upgrade my toaster from a 6x750GB R6 to 6x2TB R6, and am considering using the WD20EARS HDD's as they are the cheapest and seem to get good reviews. Per the HCL they appear to be s...
Maybe there is a solution!
I have the same disks and (also) having the problem not having a desktop with a free slot for a sata2 disk. Been searching the web to find a solution changing the idle3 on the NAS itself in stead of building them in a XP (dos) system.
I found this forumpost where this solution was used on a WD My Book Live (with Linux). The program is called Idle-tools and root access is necessary. here are some links. Don't know much about Linux though.
http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live/Very-high-Load-Cycle-Count-over-5-000-in-less-than-180h/td-p/151544
http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
Hope this will help! :D
I have the same disks and (also) having the problem not having a desktop with a free slot for a sata2 disk. Been searching the web to find a solution changing the idle3 on the NAS itself in stead of building them in a XP (dos) system.
I found this forumpost where this solution was used on a WD My Book Live (with Linux). The program is called Idle-tools and root access is necessary. here are some links. Don't know much about Linux though.
http://community.wdc.com/t5/My-Book-Live/Very-high-Load-Cycle-Count-over-5-000-in-less-than-180h/td-p/151544
http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/
Hope this will help! :D
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