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...
A Meta Perspective on HDD Health in Data Centers (Part 1)

A Meta Perspective on HDD Health in Data Centers (Part 1)

In the dynamic landscape of data centers, the reliable performance of hard disk drives (HDDs) is crucial. HDDs serve as the backbone of storage systems, storing immense amounts of data across various applications and services. However, the unique composition of HDDs,...
Harnessing the Power of AI for NAS Users

Harnessing the Power of AI for NAS Users

Whether you’re an individual user or a small business dealing with media files, a network-attached storage (NAS) device is a highly effective solution for backing up data and effortlessly sharing files among devices within your local network. But you might not...