On Tue, 2007-12-04 at 19:16 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > On Tue December 4 2007, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > I did find this study, however: > > > > > > http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf > > > > Interesting stuff on SMART itself at > > > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983 > > > > At least you'll know how to read those values. > > It's an interesting read, Rick, but, I recommend the Google study as a must > read for those concerned with disk failure. It turns out SMART is not so > smart. Further, there are some old shibboleths regarding heat that are > questioned by the Google findings. > > There's only one sure fire protection against SDF (sudden disk failure) in my > view, and it's called "backup-early-and-often" Yup. I have a couple of Terrastations for that purpose at home. I also burn tons of DVDs. I wish I drank more and had stock in sheet cork factories as I make (and thus have) lots and lots of coasters (data DVDs >6 months old). Last count about 50. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - "I'd explain it to you, but your brain might explode." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
