Re: filesystem damage

[Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com>]

On 2025-03-06, Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> SMART long test (requested when system high load is not expected) is a 
> tool that may help to reveal issues with a disk earlier and give you 
> more time to find a replacement and to schedule down time. Certainly a 
> disk may still fail unexpectedly despite passed tests and good SMART report.

I have no need to schedule down time, is the thing. I'm just a lowly
end-user, to use the slightly pejorative term, on an individual machine.
If the hard drive fails, I'll replace it.  

YMMV.