>> >> It never >> >> made a sound before, but now there's a rhythmic grinding sound when >> >> miro is running, maybe because the HD is more full now. >> > >> > In my experience, the rate of change of hard drive access volume is >> > inversely proportional with the drive's lifetime. The faster it >> > gets louder, the sooner it's going to die. >> > >> > Time to start planning for replacement. >> > >> > Oh, and you're utilizing SMART, right? >> >> Should I be doing more than running this test: >> >> smartctl -t long /dev/sda >> >> ? >> >> - Grant >> > > If the host can send mail you might want to look into the option of it > mailing you when problems are found. > > Things can go bad quickly.... > > Other than that though, no, I think you're in good shape.
Does this indicate everything is OK as far as SMART can tell? Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14109 - - Grant
