idle3-tools - 0.9.1-7+b1 main

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.
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It can be used as an alternative to the official wdidle3.exe
proprietary utility, without the need to reboot in a DOS environment.
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A power off/on cycle of the drive will still be mandatory for new
settings to be taken into account.
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Modern Western Digital "Green" Drives include the Intellipark feature
that stops the disk when not in use.
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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). With the default timer
setting, the drive will spin down *every eight seconds* if idle and
this may get the spindle motor to burn out in a few months or so.
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If you have a Western Digital EADS or EARS drive, please check you
SMART information before it's too late by running the following
command:
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sudo smartctl -A /dev/sda | grep "^193"
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If the Load cycle count (which is in the last column) exceeds 1000,
you're probably affected by the idle3 timer problem.