On 03/09/2013 05:39 PM, Peder Hedlund wrote: > Quoting Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > >> "All WD external hard drives will spin down (enter into power saver >> mode) after 10 minutes of drive inactivity. Once the drive is accessed >> again, the drive will exit from the power saver mode and spin back up. > > If it's designed to spin down it's probably also designed to be able to > handle that. Don't count on it. Joern recently told me about his experience with similar "Green" WD drives where the drive died for him after a few month of continued use. He mentioned something about a special windows driver that controls the spin up/down cycles for WD drives, but I did not bother to inquire the details. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
