From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:20:38 +0100, David Higton wrote:   
      
   > Anyone with any sense would replace them before the bathtub failure   
   > curve starts to rise, which is usually not long after the end of the   
   > warranty period.   
      
   BackBlaze is a company whose business is data integrity. Every 3 months   
   they publish a blog post on the reliability stats of the drives that they   
   use. They don’t replace drives until they fail. Individual failures have   
   essentially zero impact on their business, while replacing drives is a   
   cost.   
      
   >> Unfortunately, SMART only catches about 30% of potential failures.   
   >> That's why relying on it is not smart.   
   >   
   > It's smarter than catching 0% of potential failures by waiting until   
   > they have already happened.   
      
   The problem is being caught by surprise 70% of the time.   
      
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