On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:42:24 -0700 Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> It never > >> made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when > >> miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. > > > > In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is > > inversely proportional with the drive's lifetime. The faster it > > gets louder, the sooner it's going to die. > > > > Time to start planning for replacement. > > > > Oh, and you're utilizing SMART, right? > > Should I be doing more than running this test: > > smartctl -t long /dev/sda > > ? > > - Grant > If the host can send mail you might want to look into the option of it mailing you when problems are found. Things can go bad quickly.... Other than that though, no, I think you're in good shape.
