How Reliable are SMART Trips?

How Reliable are SMART Trips?

Sep 19, 2023 | SMART

Imagine that you check SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) on your drive and you receive a SMART trip. Should you be replacing your drive immediately? Conversely, if it declares your drive does not have a SMART trip, does it mean that your drive...
SMART Versus Other Drive Health Predictors

SMART Versus Other Drive Health Predictors

May 2, 2023 | SMART

S.M.A.R.T., which stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology, is a set of drive health indicators for monitoring the quality and performance of disk operations, analyzing drive issues, and reporting the condition of the disk drive to the host. What...