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is using. I haven't heard of it with any other brand of desktop drive. It's
quite common on Laptops though. You could try mounting with "noatime" to see
if that helps with the constant spin-down/spin-up issue.

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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Marius =
Schrecker <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:marius at schrecker.org">mar=
ius at schrecker.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote=
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=A0Bit of a B****er. The threads indicate that the behaviour can&#39;t be t=
urned off in Linux using hdparm (on my =A0WD15EADS for example), and the =
=A0wdidle3 dos utility will invalidate the warranty.<br></blockquote></div>=
<br>
<br>I&#39;m having good luck with the Samsung 1.5TB &quot;green&quot; drive=
s. I have 4 in a RAIDZ (about 6months old) with 4 more on the way. Quiet, q=
uick (for 5400RPM), and low power use. If the WD drives don&#39;t work for =
you, I consider the Samsungs a good option. The reviews for the more recent=
 Seagates seem pretty good as well, the 1.5TB LP drives look pretty good on=
 Newegg. I&#39;m still a little wary of Seagate due to the handling of the =
1.5TB firmware bug a while back. Not so much that it existed, but that they=
 tried to tell everyone it wasn&#39;t happening. It irritates me when a ven=
dor lies to me. <br>
<br>From what I have seen, the Samsungs don&#39;t use the head parking thin=
g that WD is using. I haven&#39;t heard of it with any other brand of deskt=
op drive. It&#39;s quite common on Laptops though. You could try mounting w=
ith &quot;noatime&quot; to see if that helps with the constant spin-down/sp=
in-up issue. <br>

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