There are plenty of sensors and systems that can "predict" failure and in some cases try and work round them.

Do most people actually use them? Pretty rarely. S.M.A.R.T is just trash anyway.

But you do need to properly design your systems to limit the amount of "use". No un-needed writes to disk etc. Proper ambient detection, no point trying to rush to shut down servers when the AC pops it, and you just so happen to walk into a server room.