"Green" style head parking back on WD reds?

[Mark R]

Anyone got one of the 4 TB WD Red drives?

Word on another forum is that these have same automatic head parking as the greens, with massive load/unload count.

Anyone got any direct experience with these?

 

[Elixer]

I got a 3TB version, shows normal load/unload count.

 

[Phynaz]

Load/unload isn't the same as head parking.

 

[Ig]

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=619&sid=201&lang=en

If it doesn't show "WD Red SMART load/Unload utility", reload the page a few times or turn off ad blocking.

 

[bononos]

Load/unload isn't the same as head parking.

Whats the difference?

 

[It's Not Lupus]

This is C1 Load Cycle Count, right?

 

[Zxian]

I have a WD10EACS that I've had for several years now that's reading close to 2,400,000 on the SMART data for load/unload cycles.

I also have eight WD30EFRX drives that are all reading zero, despite the system having been started and shut down a few times since I installed those drives.

People really should stop worrying about SMART data unless it's a value that's directly indicating failure.

 

[Phynaz]

Whats the difference?

I read it somewhere and now can't find it again :|

 

[bononos]

I read it somewhere and now can't find it again :|

They do basically the same thing, the difference being that heads are now being parked off platter on plastic ramps.

 

[Mfusick]

All WD 5400rpm hdds suck IMO. They are slow and over priced and the reliability has traditionally been worse than a 7200rpm variant that's faster and cheaper and basically uses the same energy. It's not 2010 anymore.