[chiglug] Testing SAS drives

[Zane C. B-H.]

On 2020-05-01 19:23, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 2020, Lincoln Bryant wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> It sounds like you could do a bunch of testing while the drives are
>> still online and visible in GNU/Linux.
>> 
> Have never seen any option other than include/exclude a drive, ..
> smartcttl proviides some info, but I would really like to run testdisk 
> so
> I can safely prove thr drive is good.

Unless the controller is doing something really stupid/wrong, there is 
no reason it should take the drive off line for a SMART test.

I use LSI controllers in JBOD mode and run long self tests on a very 
regular interval to catch stuff before they become a issue.