[mythtv-users] WD Green drives (was "complete system meltdown")

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, so the drive that died today (installed Dec. 31st) was a 2TB WD Green.
> Used the parking util seconds after installing it.
>
> My other storage drive (a 1.5TB WD Green) has, knock on wood, been running
> flawlessly since April 2011. So, for those of you with WD greens, is it
> generally a good drive and there are some bad apples?
>
> Just wondering because, of course, I'm RMA'ing it and will just be getting
> another Green back
>

Assuming you ran the wdidle3 utility to increase the timeout value or
disable it altogether; IMHO they make excellent drives.

In fact; if all drives I've used they are the only one which so far have
given me no particular issue.

They are fast enough, use little power and run much cooler. What's not to
like?
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