3 ms·
Be extremely cautious when using WD Green drives in a RAID configuration. They may be quiet/inexpensive, but they also don't ship with Time-Limited Error Recov
by cheeseprocedure 14y ago
Be extremely cautious when using WD Green drives in a RAID configuration.
They may be quiet/inexpensive, but they also don't ship with Time-Limited Error Recovery enabled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-Limited_Error_Recovery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-Limited_Error_Recovery). This makes it much more likely they'll drop out of an array. Some models can have this option flipped on; some cannot.
- luser001 14y agoThanks a lot! This is the most useful thing I've read in this thread. I own two green drives. I installed two Caviar Black (b/c of the 5-yr warranty) drives in a RAID array a few months ago. The RAID edition drives aren't even significantly more expensive. I wish I'd known this earlier. This is a bummer. http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397/p/227,283/session/L3RpbWUvMTMyMTQzOTc4NS9zaWQvdVhvYmpmSms%3D http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397/p/227,2... Edit: But on another page, WD says that Caviar drives can be used in consumer RAID configs. Hmm. http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/996/related/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMzQwMDM1MzExL3NpZC9yZFJZaC0taw%3D%3D http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/996/related/...