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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> 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 [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ><> ... Jack > >> > >> The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the > >> defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that > order." > >> "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 > >> "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - > >> Albert Einstein > >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral > >> Grace Hopper, USN > >> "The most dangerous phrase in the language is "We’ve always done it this > >> way"-- Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > >> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I > learn." - > >> Ben Franklin > >> > >> -- > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "NLUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> 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 [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > 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 [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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