Tuesday, October 11, 2016

What SMART Stats Tell Us About Hard Drives

Backblaze has crunched the numbers to see what percentage of hard drives report SMART errors before they fail. The conclusion was:

 Operational drives with one or more of our five SMART stats greater than zero – 4.2%

 Failed drives with one or more of our five SMART stats greater than zero – 76.7%

 So the moral of the story is that if your hard drive is reporting any SMART errors at all, it would be wise to replace it.
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