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From: Phil Turmel <philip@turmel.org>
Subject: Re: WD "RED" drives - are they any good for mdadm?
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:45:45 -0500
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On 12/17/2012 08:41 AM, maurice wrote:
> Thinking about trying some WD "RED" drives for a build.
> Model # WD20EFRX
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with these they would care to share?

I haven't used them yet, but I did check their detailed specs a few
weeks ago.  As far as I can tell, they should be fine for MD raid, as
long as you set the ERC to a reasonable value on every power cycle.

Phil