[mythtv-users] advice on recording direct to NAS

[Will Dormann]

On 5/25/15 9:45 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> In my opinion that's a commercial fable! I've been running raid with
> up to 5 disks in a box for maybe 15 years. And I still have to see my
> first real failure. But then it's longer ago then that, that I've used
> seagate. Just watch ventilation and dust.



Even with 15 years of evidence, that's still just anecdotal.  The folks
at BackBlaze, however, have worked with a number of drives large enough
to draw some conclusions.   See
<https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/> and
related blog entries.

Use scheduled SMART self-tests and have smartd configured to email you
in cases of pending drive failure.   Otherwise, don't be surprised when
your drive dies.



-WD