Re: Seagate ST6000DM003-2CY186 "flapping". Disconnecting and reconnecting randomly.
Wojciech Puchar <[email protected]>
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> What you perceive as "flapping", disconnecting and reconnecting randomly may simply be > the drive going through its self-test paces which would have to take awhile for a 6TB drive. > i regularly do smart self test with smartctl -t long <drive> and it doesn't disconnect them > > On Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:20:53 AM PDT, Daniel Lysfjord > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2026-08-11 16:46, John Gaskill wrote: > > As long as I have disabled any SMART drive technology at the UEFI/BIOS > > level on any > > computer I have owned, there has never been a drive failure or problem. > > > > I assume your drive SMART technology functions are also disabled? > ----8<----snip---->8------ > > Why would I? It's part of the drives firmware, and none of my computers > takes any actions based on those numbers. > >