Subj : Clunk. Clunk. Clunk.
To   : Accession
From : Daniel Path
Date : Sat Nov 02 2024 21:10:34

Hello Accession,

02 Nov 24 07:57, you wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

 >>> Anywho, why would you think that another drive would fail while
 >>> you replace the bad one?

 pF>> Murphy, combined with old drives. 82K, 27K, 3K, 64K and 78K
 pF>> hours.

 A> Looks like you may need 3 drives, then. Do one, cross fingers. Rinse
 A> and repeat. :)

 A> My server is fairly old, and I don't even know how to look up how many
 A> hours each hard drive has been used. But there's no clunking, yet, so
 A> here's hoping we just let it ride and hope for the best!

smart tells you.
on linux you can check:

# smartctl -a /dev/sda
[...]
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   021   021   000    Old_age   Always -     57908
[...]



57908/24 = 2412 days, approx 6 years :)

Regards,
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