I was thinking about my fileserver, running FreeNAS. In that case, SMART status is preinstalled and really easy to configure, in terms of sending alerts.
If SMART status is a reliable measure of when a drive is about to fail, then it's foolish not to use that to get advance notice. Of course, if it's not reliable, then it's a toss-up whether configuring it does any good at all. I suspect this is the reason most people don't bother with it. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: > This is a good feature IF you have software that is actively monitoring the > SMART data of your drives, sending out alerts/emails AND someone is paying > attention to those alerts/emails. > > I believe that most people are lazy and won't actually install software to > monitor their drive health, so buying drives that have a lower failure rate > is a better option for the lazy people who just want a reliable drive (like > me.) > > I'm a big fan of HGST drives and not so much of Seagate or Western Digital. > > My two cents... > > Chris > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 12:41 AM, Tilghman Lesher <tilgh...@meg.abyt.es> > wrote: >> >> A hugely relevant stat, one that I consider at least as helpful as the >> overall drive failure rate, is the observation that the Seagate drives >> are more reliable in predicting their failure via SMART status. This >> means we can use the prediction to know when to purchase new drives >> and migrate data, prior to drive failure. >> >> This is especially important when you use rotational drives to backup >> your production servers. Knowing the backups are about to fail, >> before they fail, is quite helpful to prevent a cascade failure in >> your backup schema. >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Curt Lundgren <verif...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Jack, I make that mistake all the time - '1 and 2G drives' - it's hard >> > to >> > keep up. Really. >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Jack Coats <j...@coats.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> They have taken all the 1 and 2G drives out of service. Replacing them >> >> with mainly 4G some 6G drives. >> >> >> >> Looks like Hitachi (or whatever it is called now) seem to have the >> >> reliability lead! >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Curt Lundgren <verif...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> 56,000 drives, all running at once: >> >>> >> >>> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/ >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups >> >>> "NLUG" group. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> >>> For more options, visit this group at >> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >>> >> >>> --- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups >> >>> "NLUG" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >>> an >> >>> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ><> ... 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