Re: [smartmontools-support] Intel SSD "233 Media_Wearout_Indicator" is not prefail?

[Andreas M. <an...@us...>]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 01:05:54PM +0000, sma...@li... wrote:
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:05:30 +0000
> From: Karl Pielorz <kpi...@td...>
> 
> 
> --On 22 November 2012 20:57 +0100 Christian Franke 
> <Chr...@t-...> wrote:
> 
> > Add '-u -r 233! -R 233!' to the smartd.conf line to enable warning
> > emails each time this attribute changes.
> >
> > See also:
> > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/ticket/248#comment:1
> 
> Thanks, I've updated smartd.conf on one of what appears to be our 'high 
> wear' servers, so should get an email when that figure changes now.

Feature request: does smartmontools support error injection
(for specific attributes, i.e. this one in this case),
to let people determine via a simple test
whether this rather crucial email notification chain actually works?

Might be a very good thing to have implemented...

HTH,

Andreas Mohr