Re: Attribute 22 "Current Helium Level" for HGST / WD Helium Drives

puttybug at opentrash.com wrote:
> Hello,
> please add ID 22 "*Current Helium Level"* 
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.) to your Attribute 
> Description for HGST / WD Helium drives.
> Actually smartctl (6.5 2016-05-07 r4318) reported for an 
> WD80EFZX-68UW8N0: ID22 = Unknown_Attribute.

Done in r4322 and r4325. If possible, please update-smart-drivedb and test.


> Some behavior: smartctl -A /dev/sdX results in an spinUP of my drive.
> strange: all other WD drives (WD40* / WD60*) don´t show such an behavior.
>
> Some suggestions ?

This depends on drive firmware. Some drives spin up on -H and/or -A, 
others don't.

That's the reason why '-n standby' option/directive was added 10+ years ago.

Thanks,
Christian


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