> The first thing of notice is that the Load_Cycle_Count of the drive
> heads increases every 8 seconds by default. As seen on the Internet,
> this may pose a problem in the long run, since these drives are
> "guaranteed" to sustain a limited number of such head parking cycles.
> The number given varies from 300.000 to 1.000.000, depending on where
> you look.
Those two numbers have nothing to do with each other.
The 300000 limit applies to spin-down (aka "Start_Stop_Count"), not to
head-park (aka "Load_Cycle_Count").
Stefan
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