On Saturday 14 October 2006 08:28, Rogier Krieger wrote: > On 10/13/06, Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for pointing me to bioctl - I was unaware about that - but I > > don't offhand see how I could eg. collect SMART status on the drives > > hanging off such a card. > > IIRC, you cannot collect the SMART status on individual drives. > Personally, I don't really mind as I'm not a big fan of SMART. Having > seen drives that showed no issues in SMART, right up to the point of > dying, is bound to change one's perspective. [snip]
SMART isn't pefect. I've had a disk go which SMART reported as being fine the day before, so that happens. But I've also seen SMART accurately fortell of problems a couple of time now. While it isn't perfect, it is useful. --STeve Andre'
