[mythtv-users] Storage best practices in 2017

Gary Buhrmaster gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 03:34:19 UTC 2017


On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:31 AM, Will Dormann <wdormann at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....  With SSDs, I'm not completely sure how useful SMART is.

Totally variable based on device.  Some designs will
offer a smart value which indicates the the media
"wear" level (100 meaning no wear, 1 meaning
you have achieved the rated design lifetime), and/or
the percentage of spare sectors remaining (those
sectors reserved to deal with flash failures), often
with (something like) 10% remaining triggering the
"failing soon" event.  And then some devices tell
you nothing useful.  Of course, even the best
SSD can decide that today is a good day to die
(with no warning).


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