On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 18:53 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 12:30 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:10:56 +0000 (UTC) > > Curt <cu...@free.fr> wrote: > > > > > On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom > > > > <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote: > > > >> I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 > > > >> but it has never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf > > > >> all this time. How long can it be considered 'new'? Is it safe to > > > >> use? > > > > > > > > 2 Years in the original packaging on a shelf, in averaged normal > > > > conditions = as new and reliable, as a brand spanking new HDD > > > > A brand spanking new HDD could fail like an used, very old HDD. > > > > > > Maybe he's got one of the "greens" that gets old fast (once very 8 > > > seconds) if steps aren't taken. > > > > I have a WD green disk (3GB, IIRC) in my backup server. Could you please > > elaborate on the steps, and in what ways it gets old quickly? > > > > This is actually pretty important because all my backup data is stored > > there. > > I can't turn it off (USB controller + case that can't be opened), so > every 30 minutes when the drive want's to sleep, the drive gets touches > by gvfs and similar software and get a wake up call, so its spinning > down and up every 30 minutes. I installed a dummy package for gvfs, but > sometimes, e.g. after using K3b, something else behaves as gvfs would > do. > > Some drives spin down and up every 8 seconds, but assumed you have > "direct" access e.g. by SATA, instead of an USB controller to SATA, you > likely can change the settings. > > There is proprietary software to change the settings and Linux software > that can do it. I didn't find it, but it is (at least was) mentioned by > an Arch Wiki.
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