It was certainly sold to me as a feature five years ago when I considered this option (and I even seem to remember seeing it on the Meridian data sheet too, so can't really blame the dealer!).

Completely independently of Meridian, I came to the conclusion before then that the stats hard drives produce aren't hugely helpful in predicting hard drive failure as they can fail very suddenly. While a few may show some symptoms in advance of failing, many I've had did not.

Prolific music listener / Hi-Fi addict!