X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70619F944D for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:54:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99743-02 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:54:03 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039F49F9430 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:54:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4CFruHM002712; Fri, 12 May 2006 11:53:56 -0400 (EDT) To: Scott Ribe cc: "Jim C. Nasby" , Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL General Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Scott Ribe message dated "Fri, 12 May 2006 09:13:59 -0600" Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:53:56 -0400 Message-ID: <2711.1147449236@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/578 X-Sequence-Number: 95370 Scott Ribe 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