From c9df0cc2f74b193c6b745c9a2ae87e4399374157 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stu Miller Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:23:22 +0700 Subject: system/idle3-tools: Added (Linux/Unix Utility for WD Drives). Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo --- system/idle3-tools/README | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 system/idle3-tools/README (limited to 'system/idle3-tools/README') diff --git a/system/idle3-tools/README b/system/idle3-tools/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c7b720f8b8 --- /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. -- cgit v1.2.3-80-g2a13