From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 17:38:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72871065678 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:38:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:21f:d0ff:fe22:b8a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44C7C8FC22 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:38:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99EAC53EA0D6 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:38:31 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qJEP6BhhlLKd for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:38:29 -0600 (CST) Received: from pooh.honeypot.net (pooh.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:a80a:1:20a:95ff:fed5:10f2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8BC5553EA0CD for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:38:29 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <654A1341-DB2B-4370-81BD-C910E8E14031@strauser.com> From: Kirk Strauser To: FreeBSD Questions ML In-Reply-To: <494BD585.9000405@mdchs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:38:29 -0600 References: <20081219170212.A2189@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <907A7FC9-2B3C-4AFC-9622-47AAAA34FC7C@strauser.com> <494BD585.9000405@mdchs.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Clearing SMART errors I don't care about? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:38:32 -0000 On Dec 19, 2008, at 11:10 AM, James Tanis wrote: > To answer your question, I don't believe smartd is sophisticated > enough to filter out specific errors. It's meant to warn you at the > first sign of drive failure so you will have time to replace the > drive. It doesn't exactly provide a meter of how imminent drive > failure is. If your going to start ignoring it's advice it isn't > going to be very useful to you at all. I beg to differ. "smartctl -H /dev/ad8" says that it passes its self- assessment and doesn't expect the drive to flat-out die any day soon. I'd still like to know if the error count increased, or if it started to detect imminent failure. -- Kirk Strauser