On 03/09/2013 05:39 PM, Peder Hedlund wrote:
> Quoting Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net>:
>
>
>> "All WD external hard drives will spin down (enter into power saver
>> mode) after 10 minutes of drive inactivity. Once the drive is accessed
>> again, the drive will exit from the power saver mode and spin back up.
>
> If it's designed to spin down it's probably also designed to be able to
> handle that.
Don't count on it. Joern recently told me about his experience with
similar "Green" WD drives where the drive died for him after a few month
of continued use. He mentioned something about a special windows driver
that controls the spin up/down cycles for WD drives, but I did not
bother to inquire the details.
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