Re: How often to run self-tests?

"Ivan Lezhnjov Jr." <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Dec 15, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Weedy <[email protected]> wrote:

> A very long time ago I found this and use it everywhere now. I don't even remember what the options mean anymore.
> /dev/sda -d ata -o off -S on -a -s (O/../../(7|3)/00|S/../.././12|L/../../6/03|C/../../7/03) -m root

I read all man pages, was a bit painful haha but I can read that line like English now :P

Stiil, wondering if there's any theory behind how fast these types of checks should be run. One thing is obvious, SMART is meant to expose a problem before it becomes a real problem of sorts. So, perhaps running the tests somewhat often is a good idea. But how often that IS the question.
> 
> I have a follow up question for this. I can drop the /dev/sdX and use DEVICESCAN right?

Absolutely

> How would I tell smartd to stagger the tests if I have a 4+ drive raid?

You mean slow down how fast a test is being performed?

Ivan
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