From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 09:29:51 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > 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 ...   
      
   s/predicts/tries to predict/. It’s not a prophet, you know.   
      
   And it only catches about 30% of failures.   
      
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