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Jack wrote: |
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> On 2019.01.07 14:35, Dale wrote: |
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>> But do you have any other way to get a warning? It may not work every |
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>> time, especially if the spindle motor just up and dies all of a sudden |
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>> but it does detect some errors. It is certainly better than having |
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>> nothing at all. So far, SMART has detected errors and warned me for the |
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>> two drives I've had fail. My neighbor had a drive to fail and it gave |
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>> warnings as well, during boot up but SMART still spit our errors. Thing |
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>> is, the owner ignored it until it wouldn't boot anymore. By that time, |
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>> it was toast. They ran windoze. When SMART does warn, it pays to |
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>> listen. ;-) Mine emails me when any error is reported. |
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>> Thing is, a bad drive will always risk the loss of data. Always has. |
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>> Monitoring SMART is better than nothing and generally gives some |
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>> warning. It's not perfect but there is nothing else that does any |
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>> better that I've heard or read about. It's the reason everyone should |
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>> back up data they can't afford to lose. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> I do agree it is better than nothing, and I agree if SMART warns you, |
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> you better listen. I just wouldn't bet the farm (or even a small |
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> garden) on it. I'm coming closer and closer to just mirroring |
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> everything I can't easily recreate. It doubles my disk costs, but |
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> should save me some future grief. |
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Currently, I have a 3TB and a 6TB drive using LVM. It is mounted as a |
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roughly 8TB partition. I have a external 8TB drive that I backup to, |
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over eSATA at the moment but it has a USB connection as well. I also |
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have SMART set to email me at the first signs of trouble. Hopefully I |
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will get a SMART warning. If not, I hope my backups are up to date. I |
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try to backup at least once a day. The biggest thing I don't want to |
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lose is my emails and some videos. Thing is, I have a plan B. If a |
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drive gives me a warning, I've got a plan C as well. |
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I agree that we shouldn't bet the farm on anything. There is always |
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something unexpected that can happen. Still, backups, surge protection, |
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UPS power, cloud storage for those who can. Those are all options. |
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Just pick what works. Hope for the best but be ready for the worst. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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