Russell Coker wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:29:12 +1000
> [email protected] (Trent W. Buck) wrote:
> > Russell Coker <[email protected]> writes:
> > 
> > > (not SCSI because I need SMART to work)
> > 
> > Stupid question: are you saying SMART doesn't work over SAS?  Or are
> > you talking about parallel SCSI?  I thought parallel SCSI was *long*
> > gone.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esata#eSATA
> 
> # Some low-level drive features, such as S.M.A.R.T., may not operate
> # through some USB [26] or FireWire or USB+FireWire bridges; eSATA does
> # not suffer from these issues provided that the controller manufacturer
> # (and its drivers) presents eSATA drives as ATA devices, rather than as
> # "SCSI" devices
> 
> The above section from the SATA Wikipedia page is what concerns me.

That... sounds misleading.  Certainly USB mass storage enclosures are
(IME) not SMARTable, but I ascribe that to the translation to USB, not
because there's SCSI in there somewhere.

Having said that, I'm not 100% sure I've ever SMARTed a SAS drive.
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