How to change the logical sectors of WD HDDs

Description:- Some of the drives on the raid system are not working on the same raid array with the other drives even if it’s Identical, except the logical sectors showing 512b for the majority and 4K for the new drive or vice versa, so to convert this drive, you will need to use a unique… Continue reading How to change the logical sectors of WD HDDs

Western Digital Gold and Ultrastar drives are incorrectly reported with temperature “Threshold Exceeded” status

Issue Adding Western Digital (WD) Gold and Ultrastar Enterprise class SATA hard disk drives to server versions prior to 19.06 will result in the drives being incorrectly reported with a temperature “Threshold Exceeded” status. Although verified with these two particular series of drives, the issue may apply to others as well. Root Cause The software… Continue reading Western Digital Gold and Ultrastar drives are incorrectly reported with temperature “Threshold Exceeded” status