A note on SATA drives and smartctl

First, I want to point out that if a SATA drive starts downgrading its
connection from SATA III to SATA II to SATA I, it will appear in the log.
The connection is logged as dropping from 6Gbps to 3Gbps to 1.5Gbps.

The other thing is if you're suspecting a drive is going bad, smartctl
can be used to verify that the drive _is okay_.  Weenerbrane could have
used it to eliminate the drive as the failing component.  But he's so
wound up with his own "greatness" that he can't see why gathering as
much evidence to diagnose a problem as possible only helps with
finding an eventual solution.

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