Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 20:45:30 +0100 (CET)
From: Martin Drab <drab@kepler.fjfi.cvut.cz>
To: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
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       "'Salyzyn, Mark'" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
Subject: Re: FYI: RAID5 unusably unstable through 2.6.14
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Phillip Susi wrote:

> Martin Drab wrote:
> > S.M.A.R.T. should be able to do this. But last time I've checked it wasn't
> > working with Linux and SCSI/SATA. Is this working now?
> 
> Yes, it is working now.  The smartutils package returns all kinds of handy
> information from the drive and can force the drive to perform a low level disk
> check on request.  It likely won't pass through a hardware raid controller
> however. 

Yes, that may be another issue. It depend's on whether AACRAID is ready 
for that or not. (Adaptec declares that the controller is SMART capable.)

Martin
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