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Date:      Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:38:06 -0700
From:      Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: smart(8) Call for Testing
Message-ID:  <70259f94-9f26-3539-5086-fe3c7eaa21ee@callfortesting.org>
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On 3/27/18 12:06 PM, Julian Elischer wrote:
> so you could say that this is the D.U.M.B  S.M.A.R.T  program?

:-)

FWIW: I have *never* once found the S.M.A.R.T. pass/fail to be of any 
use because the drive is usually toast before you see it[1]. Following 
the individual values is much more useful, especially if you have a 
stack of same-model drives and know that a few are new and a few old.

Michael

[1] "You don't need a weatherperson to know which way the wind blows."



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