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| author | Stu Miller <slackbuilds@go4it2day.com> | 2014-01-18 00:23:22 +0700 |
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| committer | Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2014-01-29 23:21:05 -0600 |
| commit | c9df0cc2f74b193c6b745c9a2ae87e4399374157 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d33b86225da8de315c5d05dddc8fb2c5532287c /system/idle3-tools/README | |
| parent | ebbb198b42f55b72152d86d40fdcd35e76cd1e2f (diff) | |
system/idle3-tools: Added (Linux/Unix Utility for WD Drives).
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/system/idle3-tools/README b/system/idle3-tools/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..c7b720f8b8fc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/idle3-tools/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Idle3-tools provides a linux/unix utility that can disable, get and set the +value of the infamous idle3 timer found on recent Western Digital Hard Disk +Drives. + +It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe proprietary +utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environement. + +A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new settings +to be taken into account. + +Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature that +stops the disk when not in use. Unfortunately, the default timer setting is +not perfect on linux/unix systems, including many NAS, and leads to a dramatic +increase of the Load Cycle Count value (SMART attribute #193). + +Idle3-tools is an independant project, unrelated in any way to +Western Digital Corp. + +WARNING : THIS SOFTWARE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND NOT WELL TESTED. IT ACCESSES LOW +LEVEL INFORMATION OF YOUR HARDDRIVE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. |