Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:22:08 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Angelin Lalev <lalev@sv-bg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is S.M.A.R.T and do I need it when I'm using freebsd (5.x...) Message-ID: <20040903152208.GD46994@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3FF522D1.1010405@sv-bg.com> References: <3FF522D1.1010405@sv-bg.com>
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In the last episode (Jan 02), Angelin Lalev said: > It seems that the bios setup utility on my desktop machine (MB. > GA-8IPE1000-G Pro) does not support turning on S.M.A.R.T. > > I remember that long ago I've read somewhere in the net that > S.M.A.R.T has to do something with remapping the bad sectors on the > IDE drive similar to the way SCSI controller should do it, but > probably I've got it wrong... SMART is a system where you can poll the disk for status info like temperature, number of corrected reads, self-test results, etc. Bad block remapping will get done by the drive whether you use SMART to monitor it or not. > So, what is S.M.A.R.T, does FreeBSD use it, and should it be turned > on trough the bios setup utility? It's not really a BIOS thing. It depends on the hard drives you have. You can install the smartmontools port to monitor SMART data for both SCSI and ATA disks. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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