>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Ibbotson <[email protected]> writes:

>> > - what sort of tests or whatever can I run before I pull the unit
>> > down ?
>> > 
>> > - what sort of utility can I run to 'detect and notify' should 
>> > such failure occurs again ?

Can you use SMART?

Also, the main problem I've seen has been random bit-flips in the RAM
before writing to disk, to solve which you need end-to-end CRCs.

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