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From: "David Rees" <drees76@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: WD GreenPower & Load_Cycle_Count
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:14:26 -0800
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman@gmail.com> wrote:
> The gist is that if you look at the SMART attributes on these
> drives, chances are you'll see a really high Load_Cycle_Count.  I do
> for my WD GP drives.

FWIW, the two WD5000AACS drives I just bought don't exhibit this
behavior. After 20 days of operation, they are only showing 9-10 load
cycles.

-Dave