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Like others have mentioned, please make sure you're using wdidle to regulate head parking. Also might wanna read this http://forums.freenas.org/threads/western-
by erkkie 13y ago
Like others have mentioned, please make sure you're using wdidle to regulate head parking. Also might wanna read this http://forums.freenas.org/threads/western-digital-red-with-tler-vs-green-with-wdidle-set-to-disabled-drives.11280/ http://forums.freenas.org/threads/western-digital-red-with-t... . Greens are dangerous in a NAS context so make sure you have backups.
- IgorPartola 13y agoOdd. The link you posted directly contradicts your point. It says that Reds are at that time unproven and that the Greens are the way to go for ZFS. Basically it is saying that ZFS does not require TLER so that part is not an issue. On top of that it is saying that the Green drives are both common and well tested.
- erkkie 13y agoI think I read it slightly differently then, the gist was that if wdidle is properly used, the drives "should" be equivalent (since they supposedly share the same hardware, just different firmware). Reds are made for a NAS context, greens are not. You may or may not make the difference go away by using wdidle. This does make greens inherently dangerous (when compared to reds).