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  • What is S.M.A.R.T. ?
    S.M.A.R.T stands for self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology.  It is a monitoring system integreated in storage hardware with the purpose of tracking  and reporting the ...
  • What are S.M.A.R.T attributes?
    SMART attributes are a series of raw values reported by drives during operation. These attributes can be used to interpret the health of the drives ...
  • What is a Solid State Drive (SSD)
    A solid state drive (SSD) is a type of storage that uses  integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistenly. In contrast with traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), ...
  • What is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) ?
    A hard disk drive (HDD) is a type of storage that uses magnetic disks to store data persistently. It's the most common form of data ...
  • What's the Difference between HDD and SSD?
    HDDs and SSDs have major differences in terms of: Technology: HDDs use magnetic disks to store data persistently whereas SSDs use  integrated circuit assemblies. In contrast with HDDs, SSDs have ...
  • What manufacturer makes the most reliable hard drives?
    Backblaze, which is a cloud storage company, shared health statistics for about 60.000 hard drives with more than one billion hours in service. Their storage ...
  • What is the Power On Hours (POH)?
    In the context of storage devices, Power On Hours  refers to the lenght of time, in terms of hours, the drive has been operational.  It ...
  • What is annualized failure rate (AFR)?
    Annualized failure rate is the projected failure rate for a year. It is the relation between the amount of failed drives of a particular model ...
  • What kind of data do we collect from the user?
    We only collect data necessary for monitoring the health of your drive. DriveNest does not collect any sensitive information or any data stored within the ...
  • Which SMART attributes are indicators of impending hard drive failure?
    According to a study conducted by Backblaze on their own dataset, 5 SMART attributes seem to be the most important indicators of impending hard drive ...
  • Where can I download the DriveNest client?
    To download the drivenest client follow these steps: Log in to your account. After log in, a new menu apears at the top. Select the download tab Click on the ...
  • What is the Python DriveNest Client?
    The Python DriveNest Client  (pyDriveBird) is the open-source SMART data submission client developed and maintained by the DriveNest team. The power of pyDriveBird is that ...