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http://hebb.mit.edu/people/jfmurray/publications/Murray2003.pdf

" The SMART flag is a one-bit signal that can be read by operating systems and third-party software, designed to warn users of _impending_ drive failure. Some of the attributes used to make the failure prediction include counts of track seek retries, write faults,
reallocated sectors, head fly heights, and high temperature.
Most attributes are error count data, implying positive integer data values, and a pattern of increasing attribute values over time is indicative of impending failure. (Drives
internally detect and correct many of these errors to access user data properly).
Each manufacturer develops and uses their own set of attributes and their own algorithm for
failure prediction. Because every time a failure warning is triggered, the drive could be returned to the factory for warranty replacement, manufacturers are very concerned with reducing the false alarm rate of the algorithm. Currently, all manufacturers use a threshold algorithm which
triggers a SMART flag when any attribute exceeds a predefined value."

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"Because every time a failure warning is triggered, the drive could be returned to the factory for warranty replacement, manufacturers are very concerned with reducing the false alarm rate of the algorithm."

Koska joka kerta, kun vikahälytys laukeaa, kiintolevy voidaan lähettää valmistajalle takuuvaihtoon, valmistajat ovat kovin huolestuneita vähentämään väärien hälytysten määrää algoritmissa.

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