Comment 8 for bug 438136

Hi guys, I have a 3 month old samsung ssd, which has 2179072 reallocated sectors (probably due to flash wear levelling on the drive as I have 0 "uncorrectable sector count" and 0 "Realocation count" ). I get yelled at every time I log into karmic that my drive is failing. The reallocated sector count has not changed in a month of heavy usage, so I don't think it's a drive in collapsing condition. I would also like an error dialog that says something like

Caution! Your drive has a high number of reallocated sectors, which may be a result of failing hardware. Currently the drive reports it is *passing* SMART checks, which are designed to detect a failing drive, so this warning may be incorrect. Certain types of storage such as solid state drives (ssds) have large numbers of reallocated sectors to extend their life. It is recommended that you back up your data in case your drive is about to fail.
What would you like to do now:
> Display the error messages and stats
> Inform me if the drive health further deteriorates

Naturally the scary warnings wouldn't be tempered if the SMART status was actually failing.

What do you say? I love Palimpest, but people will ignore the warnings if every netbook and SSD drive cries wolf.