any familiar with ActiveSMART?

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sarbin · #1 Post by **sarbin** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:07 pm

http://www.ariolic.com/

disk health monitoring tool. anyone use it? is it worth considering a trial and then purchase? or an outright purchase?

tia.

sarbin · #2 Post by **sarbin** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:08 am

anyone even use a utility similar to this? something that can read the hdd smart values?

vital-analitix · #3 Post by **vital-analitix** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:27 am

sarbin wrote:anyone even use a utility similar to this? something that can read the hdd smart values?

Every now and then I install HD Health.exe (free utility) http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=349306

Read a report by Google on HDD failures and they reckoned that failure was not predictable. I don't put too much value on it - when the drive starts to make more noise then I just replace it. Highest failure rate is either at the start of the life or after 3 years.

Average life seemed to peak at approx 18 months (as far as I can recall from memory).

There is some vague memory about that drives seem to fail more often when cold versus when being on the warm / hot side. This was suprising the researchers.....

Hope this helps
Marinus

sarbin · #4 Post by **sarbin** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:25 am

thanks. i'll have a look at it.

any familiar with ActiveSMART?

any familiar with ActiveSMART?

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