[Ti] Just how accurate is S.M.A.R.T?

[robert at elastica.com]

AHT doesn't really do any exhaustive testing of the drive.

Quoting Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net>:

> 
> I'd benchmark the drive with Xbench to see if it develops a problem 
> during heavy usage, run the AHT on it, and if it checks OK, not worry 
> about it.  That still doesn't mean a person shouldn't keep regular 
> backups.
> --

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