> > http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/research.google.com/en/us/archive/disk_failures.pdf > > They find a number of SMART parameters that are reasonably indicative of > failure, including "Reallocated Sector", "Current Pending Sector", and > "Offline Uncorrectable" counts. That said, IIRC, SMART only predicted > failures around 30% of the time. >
Yes, and there is a second paper of a little older vintage from one of the big U's (forgot which one) with similar results. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
