> 
> On 25-Jan-10, at 2:59 PM, Freddie Cash wrote:
> 
> > We have the WDC WD15EADS-00P8B0 1.5 TB Caviar Green
> drives.
> >
> > Unfortunately, these drives have the "fixed"
> firmware and the 8  
> > second idle timeout cannot be changed.
> 
> That sounds like a laptop spec, not a server spec!
> How silly. Maybe  you can set up a tickle job to stop them idling
> during busy periods. :(

I'm running a 5-second loop using smartctl to twiddle the drives.  So far, so 
good.

Not sure how things will run long-term, though.  :(
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