<font size=2 face="sans-serif">From <</font><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2846009/the-5-smart-stats-that-actually-predict-hard-drive-failure.html"><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://www.computerworld.com/article/2846009/the-5-smart-stats-that-actually-predict-hard-drive-failure.html</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">>:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"Hard drive software that IT administrators
use to monitor drive health is highly inconsistent from drive to drive
and manufacturer to manufacturer, according to data collected from nearly
40,000 spindles.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"The data, released today from
cloud service provider Backblaze, also indicated which five of the 70 metrics
that SMART stats cover are likely to predict a hard drive failure.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"SMART, or Self-Monitoring, Analysis,
and Reporting Technology, is nearly ubiquitous firmware that vendors embed
as tools to alert IT admins to impending problems., </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">"For several years, Backblaze has
collected data on hard drive failures. It has released that data in company
blogs, highlighting which manufacturer's drives failed more often than
others.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Also <</font><a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-smart-stats/"><font size=2 face="sans-serif">https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-smart-stats/</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">></font>
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