Re: About USB hard drives and errors
On 20100411_002510, Celejar wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:06:06 -0600
> Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > I got a little less timid and tried running smartctl even though I was
> > quite unsure of what to expect. It ran. Each of the three USB HD gave
> > somewhat different output, but none gave output that claimed there was
> > a working SMART on the drive. These drives are Western Digital (WD).
> > The WD web site mentions SMART and also uses the words Smart Drive to
> > mean something else that is a proprietary marketing thing, AFAICT. I
> > was unable to find a list of part #s for drives that support S.M.A.R.T.
> >
> > I think I should be in the market for a better class of drives, but not
> > this weekend. Thanks for the help.
>
> My understanding is that S.M.A.R.T. doesn't generally work over USB.
> As Wikipedia puts it:
>
> For example, few external drives connected via USB and Firewire
> correctly send S.M.A.R.T. data over those interfaces.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Standards_and_implementation
>
> Celejar
So, the fact that my WD drives don't play well with S.M.A.R.T doesn't
make them special, and I should not spend much, if any, time looking
for a USB solution. What other options are there for external HD?
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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