How Reliable Are SMART Trips?

How Reliable Are SMART Trips?

Imagine that you check SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) on your drive and you receive a SMART trip. Should you be replacing your drive immediately? Conversely, if it declares your drive does not have a SMART trip, does it mean that your drive...
SMART vs. Other Drive Health Predictors

SMART vs. Other Drive Health Predictors

SMART, which stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology, is a set of drive health indicators for monitoring the quality and performance of disk operations, analyzing drive issues, and reporting the condition of the disk drive to the host. What are...

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