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

[Ian Evans]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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?
>
>
Yeah, must have just been a bad apple. 3yrs and running vs 1 month for its
sibling.

Here's a drive/power question:

My FE/BE Coolermaster case has a RS-400 PSAR-J3 400 W power supply powering:

- Gigabyte m68m-s2p MB
- GeForce GT 430
- DVD drive
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB OS/DB drive
-  WD Caviar Green  WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB storage drive
- until today the WD Green 2TB drive.

Only USB devicea plugged in are the mouse and infrared remote sensor,

Is 400W enough or too little especially as some of the reviews say the
power is "noisy" for this brand,

Would it make more sense when I get the replacement from WD to put it in an
external enclosure or dock so it has it's own power?
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