It was supported by IBM, by Compaq's development partners Seagate, Quantum, and Conner, and by Western Digital, which did not have a failure prediction system at the time.
Seda ideed toetasid Compaqi koostööpartnerid Seagate, Quantom ja Conner, samuti ka IBM ja Western Digital, millel polnud veel endal tõrke ennustussüsteemi sel ajal.