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The new Western Digital power saving drives

By erasmix
Created Dec 1 2007 - 02:43

Hello,

I'm just reading about these new WD drives (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=385 [1]). It appears they lower power consumption by reducing speed from 7200 to 5400 RPM. Has anybody tried them on linux? Any feedback?

Thx,

Erasmo.


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http://kerneltrap.org/node/14912