[mythtv-users] Western Digital Red for Myth

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Sun Aug 25 01:05:19 UTC 2013


On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 20:33:20 +0200, you wrote:

>HI!
>
>On 24.08.2013 17:58, Craig Treleaven wrote:
>
>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/red-wd20efrx-wd30efrx-nas,3248.html
>>>
>>> I bought a 3 TB Red a few weeks ago. Works fine so far.
>> 
>> What tipped you in favour of the Red, if you don't mind.
>
>Cooler temperature, longer warranty. And they also seem to be faster
>than Greens, IIRC. Also, if you buy the Greens, you have to fight with
>that stupid spindown feature.

Not any more - there is now a little Linux utility to set the spindown
time or turn it off:

  http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net

Or you can use the original WD utility from a Windows box:

  http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113


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