Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:48:53 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Cc: usb@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMART over USB Message-ID: <47AA4765.8090601@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <86ir19vx09.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <86ir19vx09.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Consider a PATA or SATA disk attached over USB. AFAIK, the USB mass > storage protocol is basically SCSI over USB. Is there a way to access > the disk's SMART data over SCSI / USB? Perhaps as mode pages? Has > anyone tried this? > > The reason I'm asking is this: > > http://www.sharkoon.com/html/produkte/externe_gehaeuse/sata_quickport/index.html > > This could be extremely useful to quickly extract SMART error logs from > failing disks after you've replaced them, not to mention wipe them > before RMAing them. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an eSATA connector. I tested many PATA/SATA to USB convertors and disc enclosures - none of them allowed access to SMART (under FreeBSD, nor Windows). Maybe it is I/O chip implementation problem. Miroslav Lachman
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