RE: SMART self-test failed but drive still healthy

James Harper writes:

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Both drives have logged read errors under Linux kernel, both report drive is healthy status (SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED), and both say "Completed: read failure" almost immediately when I do a SMART self test (short test or long).

I don't trust the "overall health". If a short or long test fails, I chuck the drive.

Of course. I'm just surprised that a self test can fail yet the drive still report itself as healthy. James