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Oh, this one should be interesting...
I am a server admin by trade, and one client I have has been using host x for roughly 3 years with no problems whatsoever. One day, back in august, my clients and I decided it was a good time to upgrade their server. Everything went smoothly for the first week. On August 21st this new server had an HDD failure. Ok, no problem. I submitted a ticket, they replaced it, all was well... for 22 hours. 22 hours later, another HDD failure. Submit ticket, drive is replaced, server back online. A day later, another HDD failure. Submit ticket, explain my findings in my logs, give possible solutions to solve the problem for good... HDD replaced, was told all other hardware is functioning properly.
Fast forward to 2 weeks later... we averaged 1 HDD replacement per day, and the host kept trying to blame my software configurations. How a standard web server setup can kill an HDD overnight when the I/O never maxed out is beyond me.
I'd finally had enough by this point so informed my clients they're better off looking for a new server with a new service provider. I'm told my facial expression was very similar to a deer caught in headlights when my client asked me why I couldn't just go there (there being another country) and fix the server myself...
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