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Apparently, it's not to be trusted; see [http://www.usenix.org/events/fast07/tech/full_papers/pinheiro/pinheiro.pdf|Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population] (Pinheiro, Weber and Barroso 2007). | Apparently, it's not to be trusted; see [http://www.usenix.org/events/fast07/tech/full_papers/pinheiro/pinheiro.pdf|Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population] (Pinheiro, Weber and Barroso 2007). | ||
===Are my disks failing?=== | |||
The one-line executive summary is available for supported disks via the <tt>-Hc</tt> option. <tt>grep</tt> for <tt>"^SMART overall"</tt> and verify <tt>PASSED</tt> as opposed to <tt>FAILING</tt>. If you're already <tt>FAILED</tt>, the command will generally fail in and of itself. | |||
==Hardware RAID Controllers== | ==Hardware RAID Controllers== | ||
*Dell PERC -- See [[Linux on Dells]]. Example: | *Dell PERC -- See [[Linux on Dells]]. Example: | ||