[geeks] Quiet SCSI drives

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 @ 18:15 -0400, Nadine said:

> Another friend who's hardware chops I respect told me that SMART is
> actually "dumb" as errors are not always reported properly and so they
> never get recorded.  So, take them with a grain of salt.

SMART is just a protocol and standard for reading errors.

If SMART does not report errors, then it is the *DRIVE* that is dumb.

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