Re: [smartmontools-support] Using SMARTd to monitor drives

[Ray A. <ray...@ea...>]

On 06/02/17 10:40 PM, Christian Franke wrote:
> Ray Andrews wrote:
>
> Besides the fact that '-i' is explained on smartd.conf man page,
Yes, my mistake, pardon.  I forget which of several man pages I'm 
looking at.  Above question was ad hoc, I should have given it more thought.

>   I
> already explained the effects of both '-i' in my first answer from
> 2017-01-19. Please read & understand previous answers before asking same
> question again.

Alas, answers drown in the sea of confusion sometimes.
>
>
> BTW, you could also do this with 'smartctl -s standby,N ...'
Thanks.  But finally I'm beginning to understand the man page.  As I've 
confessed, really I have just wanted quick, easy answers without deep 
understanding; I had not expected to devote much study to SMART, but it 
seems that deep study cannot be avoided.  For the beginner, it is 
overwhelming.