From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@killerbytes.com>
Cc: Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:53:56 -0400
Message-ID: <2711.1147449236@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C08A0257.49C30%scott_ribe@killerbytes.com>
References: <C08A0257.49C30%scott_ribe@killerbytes.com>
Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@killerbytes.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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