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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have created the ticket #1301 (</span><a href="https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/1301">https://www.smartmontools.org/ticket/1301</a> <span lang=EN-US>) in the trac a few weeks ago for a disk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>model which is not yet in the smartmontools drive database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Now since we are using this disk type in multiple mission critical systems, I would be very glad if this drive gets added<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>to the drive database as quick as possible, so that we can be sure we monitor the disk stats properly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Preferably the patch would be written by myself or somebody in the company, but we currently don’t have the resources or knowledge for that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I am aware that creating a patch takes its time and therefore I would like to ask if the possibility exists to speed up the process by e.g. donating somewhere or pay somebody to do it for us?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Any information on this topic would be very welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Samuel Ruprecht<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>