| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)killerbytes(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid |
| Date: | 2006-05-12 15:53:56 |
| Message-ID: | 2711.1147449236@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)killerbytes(dot)com> writes:
>> My damn powerbook drive recently failed with very little warning
> It seems to me that S.M.A.R.T. reporting is a crock of shit. I've had ATA
> drives report everything OK while clearly in the final throes of death, just
> minutes before total failure.
FWIW, I replaced a powerbook's drive about two weeks ago myself, and its
SMART reporting didn't show a darn thing wrong either. Fortunately, the
drive started acting noticeably weird (long pauses seemingly trying to
recalibrate itself) while still working well enough that I was able to
get everything copied off it. I didn't wait for it to fail completely ;-)
regards, tom lane
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