From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 21/07/2024 09:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:35:01 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 17/07/2024 02:30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:31:11 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 16/07/2024 01:57, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> SMART isn’t much use, anyway. I test my storage devices for actual   
   >>>>> I/O errors.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's what you use SMART *for*.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, I test doing actual I/O.   
   >>   
   >> So does SMART.   
   >   
   > No, it extrapolates from its internal firmware behaviour. It tries to   
   > predict failures before they happen.   
      
   No it doesn't. It predicts from stored values of errors. I/O amongst them   
      
   Do try to keep up.   
      
      
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