Re: Hard drive fault prediction

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi, Stephen Satchell wrote:

> Are there any drive-independent error counters I can monitor in 2.4 to
> be able to detect drive failures early?

S.M.A.R.T.

You can tell most drives to do a nondisruptive background check.

-- 
Matthias Urlichs
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