How important is S.M.A.R.T.?

There are no S.M.A.R.T. bridgeboards available to build a 4 bay hard drive enclosure for storage. (However you can get FW400 bridgeboards that are S.M.A.R.T. compatible. Why is this? Is it worth the loss in speed just to have S.M.A.R.T.?

See Kappy's response in the other forum you posted in.

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*10g:*
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