On Mon, 12 May 2014 16:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > On 2014-05-12, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: > >> > >> Maybe he's got one of the "greens" that gets old fast (once very 8 > >> seconds) if steps aren't taken. > > > > I have a WD green disk (3GB, IIRC) in my backup server. Could you > > please elaborate on the steps, and in what ways it gets old quickly? > > > > This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is > > stored there. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Format#Special_Consideration_for_WD_Green_HDDs
I might have gotten lucky. It appears I don't have a WD20EARS. Here's the device model line from smartctl: root@bupserv:/d/bats# smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Model Device Model: WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 root@bupserv:/d/bats# And no matter what I read, write or wait, the Load Cycle remains at 247: root@bupserv:/d/bats# smartctl /dev/sdb -a | grep Load_Cycle 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 247 root@bupserv:/d/bats# Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140513175334.4b98eb0f@mydesk
