[geeks] Quiet SCSI drives

[velociraptor]

On 6/22/06, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:

> One interesting thing: every Ultrastar drive I have had returns
> "impending spindle failure" almost from day one.  I don't know if they
> violate the SMART spec, or the SMART software is at fault.
>
> Never get any failures until years later, but it always worries me.
>
> In fact, when the Ultrastar I replaced started vibrating badly, there
> were still no error codes at all.

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.

=Nadine=