[PLUG] SMART Client

[lbrigman at fcpa.fujitsu.com]

>>>
>>>Yes I can run this command and get a report but the one drive does not
>> have an error
>>>log in the report because it says "
>>>
>>>Device does not support Error Logging
>>>Device does not support Self Test Logging
>>>
>>>
>>>So, is there another way to test that drive for errors?  I saw something
>>> like fsck
>>>-c /dev/hda1 will do some error checking but thought SMART would be a
>> better way.
>>>Perhaps rebuilding the server is in order.  But that will have to wait a
>>> few weeks.
>>>Just want some assurance that the drive will last three more weeks.
>>
>> I haven't used the program but is there an option for running self test?
>> Error Logging and Self Test Logging are newer options.
>>
>> If smartctl doesn't dump stuff in a user readable format then I might
have
>> to
>> hack something into it.  I don't thing there is any active development
on
>> it.
>
>I notice that the some drives are ATA 4. Well they be able to show as many
things as
>the rest?  Or work will with the SMART utilities?
>
ATA 4 drives will allow you to monitor smart but not with the detail that
later drives provide.

The ATA 4 spec did not include the Error Logging pages.
ATA 5 rev 1.0 did and it seemed (by the date on the doc) that
it was released in May 1999.  Drives produced prior to this could
have supported it but would have been non-standard.

The ATA spec is currently at ATA6.  ATA7 seems to be in review.
For your bedtime reading here is the standards web site for ATA spec.
http://www.t13.org/