Slow file access

Claude Jones cjones at levitjames.com
Wed Dec 5 00:16:19 UTC 2007


On Tue December 4 2007, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > I did find this study, however:
> >
> > http://research.google.com/archive/disk_failures.pdf
>
> Interesting stuff on SMART itself at
>
>         http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6983
>
> At least you'll know how to read those values.

It's an interesting read, Rick, but, I recommend the Google study as a must 
read for those concerned with disk failure. It turns out SMART is not so 
smart. Further, there are some old shibboleths regarding heat that are 
questioned by the Google findings. 

There's only one sure fire protection against SDF (sudden disk failure) in my 
view, and it's called "backup-early-and-often"

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA




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