[smartmontools-support] Strange SMART value with TOSHIBA drive through eSATA

[Claudio Kuenzler]

>
> Well when I read "old" and "pre-fail", doesn't it mean that the
> threshold value have been exceeded and so the disk has some issues??
>

No, you can take a look at the "raw" values (which are usually counters) to
find out if there are issues. The important attributes, which indicate a
failing drive, are all OK on your Toshiba drive.


> If not, such messages are confusing
>

To the human eye maybe, but the SMART table is (at best guess) supposed to
be read and parsed by a machine or script.
I highly recommend the Wikipedia page on SMART, it's a great read (even for
advanced users) and explains a lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.

cheers,
ck
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