WD Elements Spin down - External SSD for Windows

spin wdAfter about 20 mins the unit did go into standby mode (the front LED changed from a static blue to a slow, pulsating blue and the drive spinning noise was absent). Then, when IMost newer consumer drives are rated for 300k loadunload cycles (spinning upspinning down). Enterprise drives 600k. And with the timeout built in, obviously drives are made to endure