Preventing ‘SMART Failure’ on Your Hard Disk

Preventing ‘SMART Failure’ on Your Hard Disk

In the world of digital data, the phrase “SMART failure predicted on hard disk” is an ominous warning that your hard drive might be on its last legs and the safety of your data and the stability of your entire system is under threat. Powered by cloud-based...
A Meta Perspective on HDD Health in Data Centers (Part 2)

A Meta Perspective on HDD Health in Data Centers (Part 2)

Social media giant Meta’s recent paper highlights four primary factors influencing HDD reliability: age, workload, temperature, and interference from vibrations. We covered the impact of age in the previous part. Here, we continue our analysis of Meta’s study and the...