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

Mar 29, 2024 | HDD

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)

Mar 19, 2024 | HDD

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,...

Predictive Maintenance using Thresholds

Dec 12, 2023 | Predictive Maintenance, SMART

Data plays a critical role in predictive maintenance for drives. It can be the key to averting drive failures. Monitoring data on drive health such as SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) attributes and temperature is an integral part of...

How To Do Predictive Maintenance for RAID Configurations

Dec 5, 2023 | Predictive Maintenance, RAID

We live in a world where the health of the drive and the data it stores are crucial for the normal functioning of business. RAID configurations are an indispensable component of modern data storage as they offer increased performance and data redundancy. What are the...

How to Prevent Data Loss

Nov 28, 2023 | Prevent Data Loss

Drive failures pose a significant risk of data loss and system dysfunction. Conventional approaches to mitigate this risk involve implementing data redundancy and regular drive replacements. But these methods have their own limitations. RAID Redundant Array of...