Re: Calling smartctl in a loop to curb Load_Cycle_Count: is it safe for a hard disk drive?
On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 09:34:42AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> It is unsafe in that a mechanical shock will cause head damage far more
> easily, as they will never be safely in the unload area.
Yes, understood the risk.
> Also, you are increasing "head flying hours" in place of unloading them,
> so you are trading one kind of mechanical stress for another.
Does invocation of "smartctl -a /dev/sda" cause any mechanical movement
really?
Mayuresh.
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