smartd telling me nonsense

[Barry K. Nathan]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:35:22PM -0300, Ben Steeves wrote:
> This one confused me too.  It's not a temperature at all, its a range
> indicator running between 0 and 255 with 100 representing the average
> expected, numbers below 100 representing below average values and
> numbers above representing above average values... so for example one of
> my drives reads:
> 
> 194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   118   112   000    Old_age     
> -       40
> 
> --that number at the end is the actual temperature in celsius (40) --
> which is way hotter than it should be, hence the 194 for the operational
> value (way above average).  

Um, no, 194 is the attribute value (it's not an average). 118 is the
current attribute value. 112 is the worst (hottest) it's been. (lower =
hotter; in general, lower attribute values are closer to drive death)

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn at pobox.com>