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You could still be looking at a hardware failure situation here. |
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I have seen hard drives with absolutely perfect SMART attributes pass |
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all the tests but still show the classic signs of a hard drive |
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beginning to fail. A significant slowdown is one of those signs. |
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What I would suggest is that you find some way to observe the hard |
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drive over a long period of time at considerable load. If there is a |
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problem, eventually it will show up in the SMART attributes. |
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It's not an ideal solution, and your problem may not be hardware |
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failure, but it would be a good idea to rule that out before pursuing |
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any other diagnostic methodologies. |
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