From: Ray A. <ray...@ea...> - 2017-02-04 01:10:13
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On 03/02/17 12:11 PM, Gregory Sloop wrote: > Re: [smartmontools-support] Using SMARTd to monitor drives > > * > *This certainly isn't an attempt at snark - but smartmontools is, I > think, intended at sysadmin type people. There are tools for end-users > that are less technical and more idiot-light style. I'm not an idiot but at the same time there are folks who want utility without devoting years of study to get it. > I think, in general, that I'd prefer smartmontools to keep the > detailed technical focus and not have the more friendly interface, if > doing so meant that the technical prowess of smt had to be diminished. Does it really have to be one or the other? > [All projects are resource limited - and spending more time on one > thing usually means less somewhere else.] > > And note that smt is provided to users at no cost. Those "easy" > programs aren't free and, IMO, provide less - so the "cost" for them > is dual; you get less technical detail and programmatic control, and a > closed eco-system, with no access to source code, etc along with the > license fees. > > />/*A basic tutorial or howto would be very nice! > > *And here's where you can "pay-it-forward" so to speak. Christian has > done all this work for you [and me] for no charge. How about you spend > some time giving back to the community and do a well-written FAQ? > Again, this isn't meant as an attack, just a gentle reminder that this > is a community, and a community's success is measured by how well the > whole community steps up to take on their responsibilities and offer > their time/money/resources. > No, that's fine, a very valid request. You know, I believe that the only ones who can write a useful how-to are the people who have just now learned how to do something because once you are an expert, you forget what it was like to not be an expert. We 'forget what we know', that is, we know things without being aware of the knowledge and so we forget to write them down for the one who knows nothing -- things become too obvious to mention. For Christian it is now second nature how SMT works so he has no empathy for the newbie, that's understandable. If I myself could become competent I'd do just as you say! Alas, I'm still trying to figure it out myself. |