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barbeque said: Repost of this which is a repost of this.
wrong this is a 1.5TB drive...mods locked my last post saying it was a repost, but it's not...this is for just th 1.5TB drive.
Mav12
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 26, 2009 @ 6:12p
In regards to your locked post: " Western Digital 1TB ($59.99) or 1.5TB ($79.99) Caviar Green SATA Intellipower Hard Drives + FSSS @Amazon" Here is some review comment from Newegg: "Cons: Be careful if you use these in RAID set ups. WD recommends against it, for good reason. The low power features of the drive make the R/W heads set very often, and within months the drive could be past the limit of load/unload cycles and start showing as old to SMART monitoring tools. If you are set up to use SMART monitoring, keep an eye on your load cycles and you may see them rise ridiculously fast, especially in RAID environments.
There was a tool, wdidle or some such that WD gave out to some people who had to deal with this problem, that allowed you to tweak the amount of idle time before the drives set the head. Using it essentially cuts down on the load/unload cycles by not unloading in as short an idle time as they are made to do, undoing some of the green power technology's savings."
They give you the Cash Back, right away, no credit toward future purchase..
Thats what makes it so good, no 60 day wait like Bing..
Mav12
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 26, 2009 @ 6:43p
I stand corrected. Or rather my conversation with Amazon customer service rep who claimed that the credit is toward future purchases. I saw that same thing, the credit is applied right away.
By the way, if anyone is interested about the problem with head parks on WD Green HDDs. Here is the thread...here.
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