On Wednesday 04 March 2015, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
That is why I think there is a time to re-evaluate the old decision, and think about enabling regular Self Tests by default.
Generally I find this a good idea but I have a few objections.
Short Self Test: Short Self Test verifies status of the hardware function. It takes several minutes.
I propose to run Short Self Test once a day.
Maybe better once per (HD)-uptime-day. Machines with only 10 minutes uptime per day shouldn't do it every day. Also sleeping discs have to be ignored. The user should be able to set fixed times for the checks.
I propose to run Long Self Test once a month.
Risks: There is a risk, that Long Self Test slows down I/O operation due to inferior firmware. But if the firmware is written in a smart way, any read or write request should pause the Self Test, and it should be resumed after some time of being idle. If we suppose well written firmware, it should cause minimal delays.
Has anybody checked if firmware is written in that smart way usually?
Self Tests resume after reboot.
I don't like seeing my machine busy right after boot-up, reminds me about the rug or beagle mess. cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org