On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 12:31:24PM -0700, Martin Joseph wrote: > >On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:41:32PM -0700, Sam Norris wrote: > >>Heat = #1 cause of disk failure. If they are roasting to the touch they > >>will fail in 2-3 months. > > > >One word: "smartd". > > > >I didn't know it existed, and I'm amazed I didn't. Everyone on this > >list should be running smartd, and know what it's saying. > > SMART is useful, but not the be all and end all of disk drive care.
Necessary, but not sufficient, certainly. > Proper ventilation as already mentioned, is much more important then > SMART status in my opinion... Oh, of course. I didn't bother to reinforce that, as I figured everybody knew that. :-) > I have seen many drives that fail, while still reporting that > everything is hunk dory as far as "SMART" is concerned. Really? Bummer. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 "That's women for you; you divorce them, and 10 years later, they stop having sex with you." -- Jennifer Crusie; _Fast_Women_ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
