[mythtv-users] WD Green drives (was "complete system meltdown")

[Josu Lazkano]

Hello,

I have a WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 (2TB) disk running for more than 2 years.

I configured the idle3 timer to this value:

# idle3ctl -g /dev/sdb
Idle3 timer set to 252 (0xfc)

And this the SMART info about "Load_Cycle_Count":

# smartctl -A /dev/sdb | grep "^193"
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   191   191   000    Old_age
Always       -       29263

Are this values correct? The 252 value is 7560 (252*30) seconds?

Here is the software to change the idle3 timer:
http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net

Regards.

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Josu Lazkano