Not sure if it's related or simply common knowledge - the WD EcoGreen "EARS" Advanced Format drives unter natty still park their heads every eight seconds.... smartctl in rc.local does lower the Load_Cycle_Count but does not fully help. There is a linux version of wdidle3 that also did not help much - so, there are still configurations after years with this problem...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695 Title: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs