2010/3/31 Vincent <vincent.immler+open...@rub.de>: > The output of /sbin/atactl /dev/wd0c smartstatus on that server is: No SMART > threshold exceeded
> However, if i use: /sbin/atactl /dev/wd0c readattr > One or more threshold values exceeded! > > I had a look at atactl.c and noticed, that the threshold check is completely > different! [1] > > Could someone explain the difference to me please? I just do not understand > how the smartstatus check works! It's just different parts of ata spec, may be written in different time and by different people. atactl implements both. so you should probably ask ata spec authors why smart sucks so much. anyway you better don't trust smart at all but if you still do use the readattr. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Vincent -- Alexander Yurchenko
