war story: another disk problem

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>

| I've never had SMART telling me a disk had problem, but the disks died
| or were dying anyways.

I've found SMART useful.  Many (not all) spinning disks show signs of
distress before failing totally.  I find it useful.

In this case, I suspect that the problem was with the controller and
that's why SMART showed nothing.

My SSD failure was severe and unheralded.
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