Worth worrying if S.M.A.R.T. Is available?

[jmorgan]

Just bought a new hard drive, s.m.a.r.t is not available, faster than the others I have though. Is it a thing to worry about?

[Murph7355]

Why is it not available? What system are you running it in, and in what config?

If it's in an array that can monitor the health of the drives itself, maybe fine. But you really want something that can give advanced warnings of drive failure.

[jmorgan]

Standalone 4tb backup. I did ask on another forum as it seemed this might get missed, thanks for the reply.

iMac home use.

Manufacturer confirms it is not on this model (I can see all the other hard drive sets of data no problem). It will be part of the existing backup setup I have, replacing a 2tb that is getting full more often than not on daily system backups.

[Penelope Stopit]

No SMART No Buy as far as I'm concerned

[jmorgan]

It is working now.

[Murph7355]

jmorgan said:

It is working now.

As in you're seeing the SMART details?

As above, if it were me I'd want this detail given. I've replaced a number of drives in my arrays due to SMART noting issues...

[jmorgan]

Yep, 25 data points. Vendor software blocked it. I tried it to see what it did and found out. All deleted.

[Murph7355]

Good stuff.