Hard drive failure report by Google

Google's paper on hard dirve failure. A lots of charts.

Our analysis identifies server parameters from the drive's self monitoring facility (SMART) that correlate highly with failures. Despite this high correlation, we conclude that models based on SMART parameters alone are unlikely to be useful for predicting individual drive failures. Surprisingly, we found that temperature and activity levels were much less correlated with drive failures than previously reported.

Link to pdf. Via slashdot.org