topic Re: can i know why there is always disk fail at time? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/close-thread/m-p/106912#M22031 <P>Depending on what version of ontap your running depends.. if you are before a certain version in 8.0.x it just fails, but netapp added in predictive failures into their code that will test the drive based on a set of thresholds, once it falls before it will fail out the drive.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In my opinion, it's irrelevant unless you are consistently getting failed drives</P> Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:07:27 GMT JGPSHNTAP 2015-07-01T15:07:27Z close thread https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/close-thread/m-p/106911#M22030 <P>Thanks for viewing</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:55:45 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/close-thread/m-p/106911#M22030 newbeee 2025-06-04T23:55:45Z Re: can i know why there is always disk fail at time? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/close-thread/m-p/106912#M22031 <P>Depending on what version of ontap your running depends.. if you are before a certain version in 8.0.x it just fails, but netapp added in predictive failures into their code that will test the drive based on a set of thresholds, once it falls before it will fail out the drive.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In my opinion, it's irrelevant unless you are consistently getting failed drives</P> Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:07:27 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/close-thread/m-p/106912#M22031 JGPSHNTAP 2015-07-01T15:07:27Z