On 8/11/06, dean gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, David Rees wrote:
> On 8/10/06, dean gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - set up smartd to run long self tests once a month. (stagger it every
> > few days so that your disks aren't doing self-tests at the same time)
>
> I personally prefer to do a long self-test once a week, a month seems
> like a lot of time for something to go wrong.
unfortunately i found some drives (seagate 400 pata) had a rather negative
effect on performance while doing self-test.
Interesting that you noted negative performance, but I typically
schedule the tests for off-hours anyway where performance isn't
critical.
How much of a performance hit did you notice?
-Dave
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