WD Scorpio MX375M
Product Features
2679-771293-A01
RELEASED 11/17/10 (WD CONFIDENTIAL)
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3.6
Reliability Features Set
3.6.1
Data Lifeguard™
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Representing WD's ongoing commitment to data protection, Data Lifeguard includes features that
enhance the drive’s ability to prevent data loss. Data Lifeguard data protection utilities include thermal
management, an environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and repair features
that automatically detect, isolate, and repair problem areas that may develop over the extended use of
the hard drive. With these enhanced data reliability features, the drive can perform more accurate
monitoring, error repair, and deliver exceptional data security.
This self-tuning feature is performed during offline data collection scan. All user sectors on the hard
drive are scanned during times of no activity from the host. Any sector determined to be written poorly
(e.g., off-track), or that is difficult to recover (e.g., because of a developing media defect or thermal
asperity), is marked for repair. Data Lifeguard actively guards your data, even if S.M.A.R.T. operations
are disabled.
All WD drives are defect-free and low-level formatted at the factory. After prolonged use, any drive,
including a WD drive, may develop defects. If you continue receiving data errors in any given file, use
the Data Lifeguard Diagnostics utility to recover, relocate and rewrite the user data to the nearest spare
sector and maintain a secondary defect list.
CAUTION:
As with all format utilities, some options in the Data Lifeguard Diagnostics utility will overwrite user
data.
Download the latest versions of the Data Lifeguard Diagnostic and Data Lifeguard Tools programs at
3.6.2
Thermal Management
The drive is designed with Thermal Management features for high reliability.
State-of-the-art mechanical design
—Mechanical design is optimized to reduce the drive’s
temperature. State-of-the-art thermal dissipation and windage design is employed.
Closed loop servo management
—Thermal management monitors the drive temperature
and can control servo operations to maintain a stable operating temperature under high
temperature conditions. This is a closed loop servo and thermal control system.
S.M.A.R.T. HDA Temperature Attribute
—The S.M.A.R.T. HDA Temperature Attribute is
supported.
Ducted airflow
—Provides protection to the Read/Write element from heated air.
1. Default shipping configuration has Data Lifeguard feature disabled for power management optimization.
