worth hacking wd hd

gotenks123 · Oct 9, 2016

i am using a wd green in my synology nas, is it worth using wdidle and changing the the time it is parked to 300 seconds?

USAFRet · Oct 9, 2016

What research have you done on this?

http://wiki.nas4free.org/doku.php?id=faq:0148
Q: Should I use so called “Green” drives in a NAS system and what is WDIDLE?
A: The choice is up to you but we recommend you don't unless you really know what you are doing.

https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=15554.0
Do not run WDIDLE3 /D on the new Western Digital EZRX drives

https://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?t=47763