Green hard disk drives

[J Fernyhough]

On 13/08/15 11:09, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Something still wakes up green drives.
> 
> 
> Any hints to catch the culprit are welcome.
> 

I believe this is a "known" issue with WD Green drives. There are a few
workarounds for this, for example:

https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=17890

Essentially, the trick is to remove the drive's internal head "park"
timer so Linux's own power management can take care of things.


J