[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[Dan McGuirk]

I find it strange that so many people say there is no possible
workaround for their system.  If you can stop the problem by applying
hdparm -B 255 (or 254) yourself, then the only remaining problem is to
make sure that is always applied (particularly after a suspend).  If
that is the problem, then see the tail comments of bug 89269.

Or are there some drives where even hdparm -B 255/254 does not prevent
the parking?

Seems to me the only difference between a "broken" and "non-broken"
drive is the default value of this setting, and whether or not it goes
back to the default (and hence needs to be changed again by Ubuntu)
after a suspend (or reboot).

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695
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