Re: [smartmontools-support] "Pre-fail" and "Old_age" ...

[Alexander S. <ash...@gm...>]

On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:32:52 +0000
Albretch Mueller <lb...@gm...> wrote:

> ~
>  What could possibly be the exact meaning of "Pre-fail" and "Old_age"
> if I just bought this disk?

from smartctl man page:

Attributes  are  one  of  two  possible
types:  Pre-failure or Old age.  Pre-failure Attributes are ones
which, if less than or equal to their threshold values, indicate
pending  disk  failure.   Old age, or usage Attributes, are ones
which indicate end-of-product life from old-age or normal  aging
and wearout, if the Attribute value is less than or equal to the
threshold.  Please note: the fact that an Attribute is  of  type
'Pre-fail'  does  not  mean that your disk is about to fail!  It
only has this meaning  if  the  Attribute´s  current  Normalized
value is less than or equal to the threshold value.

Thanks,
Alexander