Toshiba develops technology to detect breakdown of built-in HDD of laptop PC in advance using big data

ByEblaser

Data on the internal hard disk drive (HDD) reading error count and operation time acquired from the notebook PC (the operation information of the hard disk, cooling system, battery etc. was acquired based on the user's consent) and the data of the failed HDD Toshiba developed a technology to detect failure of the HDD in advance by analyzing a large amount of data acquired and collected.

Toshiba: News Release (2012-12-26): Develop technology to detect breakdown of built-in HDD of laptop PC in advance by utilizing big data
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2012_12/pr_j2602.htm


In this development, the HDD operation data of 1.66 million notebook PCs (as of December 26, 2012) acquired by Toshiba's notebook PC "Toshiba PC Health Monitor" and accumulated in Toshiba's repair center Using the data of the failed HDD, I analyzed the characteristics of HDD operation data over 750 kinds created based on these big data, developed a technology to detect breakdown in advance.


We can predict the period during which the failure easily occurs due to this technology, and measures can be taken to increase the frequency of backing up data during the period.

ByAndiH

With this technology, it becomes possible to back up data before the HDD fails, it is possible to prevent the loss of important data, and this technology can also be used as a management tool "Toshiba Smart Client ManagerIt is planning to commercialize it in 2013 as a new feature of "

The technology will be exhibited at the "2013 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show)" to be held in the United States from January 8, 2013.