[Tfug] WD "green"

[Bexley Hall]

Hi Steve,

On 2/21/2014 8:52 PM, Steve B wrote:
> I have one in a NAS4Free box. The OS resides on a 1GB flash drive and the
> WD Green acts as the actual data storage drive. To date I've never had any
> issues, but then again I only power it up when I need my NAS. It does not
> run 24x7.

This one came out of a small, 2 drive NAS.  It's been giving me
problems for quite some time, now.  The NAS design (NAS200) is known
to have thermal issues but this box is well vented.  And, the
"problems" aren't things like the drive being unresponsive
(I am typically accessing the OTHER drive in the box) but, rather,
the entire *box* hanging (web interface goes silent, SMB shares
disappear from the network, etc.)

So, it's possible that the software is "confused" waiting for the
drive to respond, etc.

I'll see how the box fares with that drive missing.