[asterisk-users] Re: Asterisk Server : IDE HDD frequent crash

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:31:24PM -0700, Martin Joseph wrote:
> >On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:41:32PM -0700, Sam Norris wrote:
> >>Heat = #1 cause of disk failure. If they are roasting to the touch they 
> >>will fail in 2-3 months.
> >
> >One word: "smartd".
> >
> >I didn't know it existed, and I'm amazed I didn't.  Everyone on this
> >list should be running smartd, and know what it's saying.
> 
> SMART is useful, but not the be all and end all of disk drive care.

Necessary, but not sufficient, certainly.

> Proper ventilation as already mentioned, is much more important then 
> SMART status in my opinion...

Oh, of course.  I didn't bother to reinforce that, as I figured
everybody knew that.  :-)

> I have seen many drives that fail, while still reporting that 
> everything is hunk dory as far as "SMART" is concerned.

Really?  Bummer.

Cheers,
-- jra
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