From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761664AbYD0RpX (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:45:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756602AbYD0RpM (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:45:12 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate05.web.de ([217.72.192.243]:39833 "EHLO fmmailgate05.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755770AbYD0RpK (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:45:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:45:07 +0200 Message-Id: <256077993@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: jengelh@computergmbh.de, lkml@rtr.ca, tvrtko@ursulin.net Subject: Re: Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX1/g12gU8SPBcBg9Ab4srK5pHStHobzr7+pYHTvC5nozSYeFc Z/8vLNa4shoDUjrUqbgLdZTPBeKgrSoT3h9IG4j00eJO2I5HOQ= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org on a second system , my wd drive shows this values: 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 853 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 170 170 000 Old_age Always - 90960 absolutely scary..... meanwhile, i got wdidle3 from WD support and set it to 25secs (factory support seems to be at 8 secs) - but still waiting for an answer if this is a bug or not. i`m really wondering why support is so quiet here.... anybody got a response from support about this? will take a look how the drive behaves with windows......maybe things look different there. List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Western Digital GreenPower drives and Linux From: "Tvrtko A. Ursulin" Date: 2008-04-16 19:46:33 Message-ID: 200804162046.33245.tvrtko () ursulin ! net [Download message RAW] On Wednesday 16 April 2008 12:40:14 Helge Hafting wrote: > Tvrtko A. Ursulin wrote: > > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 66 > > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 197 197 000 Old_age Always - 10233 > > > > At this rate the disk would reach it's design limit for load/unload > > cycles in around 80 days. Not good - so I implemented a lame workaround > > of keeping disk busy every couple of seconds - hopefully that won't kill > > it sooner that unloads would.. > > Yuck, how stupid! > But the solution is simple. Make sure to get a warranty of much more > than 80 days. Use RAID-1 (or backup often). > Just let those disks destroy themselves (they _are_ faulty) and > get new ones all the time. As long as they make them this stupid, you > won't have to buy new disks again. Free warranty replacements forever. :) I am not so enthusiastic about fiddling with my NAS box every couple of months. > To be a bit more constructive, tell them about this strategy. Perhaps > they get > busy fixing the firmware? I have suggested exactly what you say - unfortunately the conversation has gone cold since. Maybe they are busy already. :) Tvrtko _________________________________________________________________________ In 5 Schritten zur eigenen Homepage. Jetzt Domain sichern und gestalten! Nur 3,99 EUR/Monat! http://www.maildomain.web.de/?mc=021114