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

[Stephen Worthington]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:05:58 +0100, you wrote:

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>On 11 Feb 2014, at 08:11, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Just wondering because, of course, I'm RMA'ing it and will just be getting another Green back
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>> Assuming you ran the wdidle3 utility to increase the timeout value or disable it altogether; IMHO they make excellent drives. 
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>> In fact; if all drives I've used they are the only one which so far have given me no particular issue. 
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>> They are fast enough, use little power and run much cooler. What's not to like? 
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>> Yeah, must have just been a bad apple. 3yrs and running vs 1 month for its sibling.
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>> Here's a drive/power question:
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>> My FE/BE Coolermaster case has a RS-400 PSAR-J3 400 W power supply powering:
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>> - 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.
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>> Only USB devicea plugged in are the mouse and infrared remote sensor,
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>> Is 400W enough or too little especially as some of the reviews say the power is "noisy" for this brand,
>If you put a Kill A Watt meter between your PC and AC outlet you’ll probably see that the system uses < 100W
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Steady state, maybe.  But the peak requirements are much higher.

>> 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?