On 2014-05-12, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored >> there. > > I fed a mouse to an intertube seer... could this be what Curt refers too? > > http://www.ngohq.com/news/19805-critical-design-flaw-found-in-wd-caviar-green-hdds.html >
Yeps. I wasn't aware of the problem until Ralf spoke of it here (and my drive had over 500,000 Load_Cycle_Count thingamajiggers--"smartctl /dev/sda -a | grep Load_Cycle"). I used the idle3ctl tool and turned the "feature" off completely (but this ain't no production server, or whatever you people call them). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnln1v74.335.cu...@einstein.electron.org
