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Subject: Re: A note on SATA drives and smartctl
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vallor wrote:
> First, I want to point out that if a SATA drive starts downgrading its
> connection from SATA III to SATA II to SATA I, it will appear in the log.
> The connection is logged as dropping from 6Gbps to 3Gbps to 1.5Gbps.
> 
> The other thing is if you're suspecting a drive is going bad, smartctl
> can be used to verify that the drive _is okay_.  Weenerbrane could have
> used it to eliminate the drive as the failing component.  But he's so
> wound up with his own "greatness" that he can't see why gathering as
> much evidence to diagnose a problem as possible only helps with
> finding an eventual solution.
> 
you have become a victim to the snit