Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:35:42 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best kind of hard drive for heavy use? Message-ID: <44d5e0cd-e675-c789-9ee8-1802ed16017a@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <20160914062154.7cbea049@archlinux.localdomain> References: <42.56.05022.D3A48D75@dnvrco-oedge02> <20160913213649.3a3f26b2@archlinux.localdomain> <0d1b8dba-3292-9991-ea7d-f160c25090c8@netfence.it> <20160914051806.297c0c3f@archlinux.localdomain> <20160914062154.7cbea049@archlinux.localdomain>
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On 09/14/16 06:21, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: >>> IOW the green WD drives do exactly what is required by the EU >>> Regulation >> >> ??? > > By an EU Regulation all external drives must go to sleep after a while. Can you provide a pointer? Thanks. >> You spread FUD about WD drives. FUD? 4 out of 4 drives gone bad in less than a year? (BTW several other drives in the same conditions are still going on). > Sure, if a green drive is unwanted, nobody should buy a green drive. > However, assuming somebody should have bought one by accident, then > simply let a script access it, before it spins down. If the drives goes > to sleep at around 30 minutes, "touch" the drive every 28 minutes. As I said, I had disabled spin down. bye av.
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