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Hi Frank, > SMART and the E05142r0_PRCS proposal server different purpose. OEM's > and disk drive manufactories use SMART to try catching quality issue > before product shipping and after a product returned. It can identify > problems like handling and warranty issues. > The new proposal proposes a design for average computer users. Neither > a computer user nor the host can, or want to interpret a SMART data. Many Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, and other OS users track disk performance and run self-tests using SMART functionality. See http://smartmontools.sf.net/. What's needed is perhaps additional/simpler SMART functionality and perhaps better tools to take advantage of it. Bruce
