[ltp] Re: New HDD for X200s: What to consider?

Martin Steigerwald linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 23 May 2011 22:09:37 +0200


Am Montag, 23. Mai 2011 schrieb Christoph Bier:
> Martin Steigerwald schrieb am 14.05.2011 13:04:
> > Am Samstag, 14. Mai 2011 schrieb Christoph Bier:
> >> >> How do I
> >> >> know whether a HDD supports this technology? Does capacity affect
> >> >=20
> >> > shambhala:~> hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep IMMED
> >> >=20
> >> >            *    IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
> >>=20
> >> But I'd like to know before buying.
> >=20
> > Hmmm, then I think you will have to look at the data sheet for the
> > harddisk and map possible marketing names to the feature they
> > indicate.
> >=20
> > And: AFAIK there is a table and thinkwiki.org with a list of drives.
> > I don't know how current it is.
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> Thanks again! But can anybody point me to the corresponding table in
> the ThinkWiki? I couln't find one.

Its a bit hidden in here:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_APS_harddisk_parking

Seems pretty outdated.

Some generic hints are under "Hard-disk Support" on:

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Active_Protection_System

Actually I do think that any modern laptop drive will have this. I also=20
think that 3,5 inch drives do have it in the meanwhile, but I didn=B4t chec=
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this.

Any hitachi 2,5 inch drive I looked at had it. And the 320 GB western=20
digital 2,5 inch drive - the biggest one I could find - supports it too.

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