Re: Seagate ST6000DM003-2CY186 "flapping". Disconnecting and reconnecting randomly.

> What you perceive as "flapping", disconnecting and reconnecting randomly may simply be
> the drive going through its self-test paces which would have to take awhile for a 6TB drive.
> 
i regularly do smart self test with
smartctl -t long <drive>

and it doesn't disconnect them

> 
> On Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 09:20:53 AM PDT, Daniel Lysfjord
> <lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2026-08-11 16:46, John Gaskill wrote:
> > As long as I have disabled any SMART drive technology at the UEFI/BIOS
> > level on any
> > computer I have owned, there has never been a drive failure or problem.
> >
> > I assume your drive SMART technology functions are also disabled?
> ----8<----snip---->8------
> 
> Why would I? It's part of the drives firmware, and none of my computers
> takes any actions based on those numbers.
> 
>