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. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
