On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 3:37 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure there is many false positives out there but ignoring the real > positives isn't a good solution either. By all means, if one wants to just > wing it and hope for the best, disable SMART and take the risk. At some > point, a drive will fail and without SMART, likely with no warning at all, > not even a false one. ;-) >
Agree in general, but your best practice is to be in a position where you don't care if a drive fails without warning. Of course, warning might be nice so that you can go ahead and start replacing it or ordering spares. -- Rich
