smartmontools query
radiatejava <[email protected]>
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I have few doubts with smartmontools, can someone clarify ? 1. Shall I rely on smartctl -H <dev> to see if the device is in good health ? Or do I need to do further selftest, short or long test ? My aim is just to find if the disk is fine or not for read and write. We have a high availability solution and we want to use this utility to failover to standby node in case of any issue with the disk. 2. Health check with -H option or selftest or short test – are they handled by the device driver independently ? Or they consume some CPU cycles ? Any data read or write is involved to run these tests that takes CPU times ? 3. What exactly -H checks ? Appreciate reply, thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Smartmontools-support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support