On Saturday, July 17, 2021 09:30:56 PM David wrote: > The 'smartctl' manpage explains how to run and abort self-tests. > It also says that a running test can degrade the performance of the drive.
Interesting -- not surprising, makes sense, but something (for me, at least) to keep in mind -- probably not a good idea to run on an old drive that hasn't been backed up.