Hi all!
I just discovered smartctl and the interesting output with # smartctl -l error /dev/hda
hda reports no errors (newest disk), but hdb and hdf do report some errors every few hours (see outputs below)
When do I actually have to start to worry about errors ? I mean, is an error every few hours normal for older (1-2 years) disks ?
All 3 disks are in my desktop and it usually only runs for 5-6 hours a day. Dispite the error messages, I didn't have any troubles (crashes or data loss) so far.
Thanks a lot for any insights!
Cheers, Hannes.
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smartctl version 5.21 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Error Log Version: 1 Warning: ATA error count 60 inconsistent with error log pointer 3
ATA Error Count: 60 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] Timestamp = decimal seconds since the previous disk power-on. Note: timestamp "wraps" after 2^32 msec = 49.710 days.
Error 60 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5386 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 80 05 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- a1 00 05 01 00 00 b0 00 7.000 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE e0 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 3223.000 STANDBY IMMEDIATE e7 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 3223.000 FLUSH CACHE ca 00 08 50 1f 03 f0 00 3220.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 70 2f 03 f0 00 3220.000 WRITE DMA
Error 59 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5386 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 88 05 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- a1 00 05 01 00 00 b0 00 26.000 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE 10 00 00 00 00 00 b0 ff 26.000 RECALIBRATE [OBS-4] 00 03 45 01 00 00 b0 ff 26.000 NOP [Reserved subcommand] e3 00 00 00 aa 00 b0 00 26.000 IDLE c6 00 10 00 00 00 bc 00 7.000 SET MULTIPLE MODE
Error 58 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5386 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 80 05 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- a1 00 05 01 00 00 b0 00 7.000 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE e0 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 2448.000 STANDBY IMMEDIATE e7 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 2448.000 FLUSH CACHE ca 00 08 50 1f 03 f0 00 2446.000 WRITE DMA ca 00 08 70 2f 03 f0 00 2446.000 WRITE DMA
Error 57 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5385 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 80 05 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- a1 00 05 01 00 00 b0 00 7.000 IDENTIFY PACKET DEVICE e0 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 4268376.296 STANDBY IMMEDIATE e7 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00 4268376.296 FLUSH CACHE c8 00 08 40 61 e4 f0 00 4268374.296 READ DMA ca 00 08 50 1f 03 f0 00 4268374.296 WRITE DMA
Error 56 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5375 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 80 05 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- b0 d5 01 01 4f c2 f0 00 933.000 SMART READ LOG b0 d1 01 01 4f c2 f0 00 933.000 SMART READ ATTRIBUTE THRESHOLDS [OBS-4] b0 d0 01 00 4f c2 f0 00 933.000 SMART READ DATA b0 da 00 00 4f c2 10 00 933.000 SMART RETURN STATUS b0 da 00 00 4f c2 f0 00 933.000 SMART RETURN STATUS
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smartctl version 5.21 Copyright (C) 2002-3 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART Error Log Version: 1 Warning: ATA error count 1486 inconsistent with error log pointer 5
ATA Error Count: 1486 (device log contains only the most recent five errors) CR = Command Register [HEX] FR = Features Register [HEX] SC = Sector Count Register [HEX] SN = Sector Number Register [HEX] CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX] CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX] DH = Device/Head Register [HEX] DC = Device Command Register [HEX] ER = Error register [HEX] ST = Status register [HEX] Timestamp = decimal seconds since the previous disk power-on. Note: timestamp "wraps" after 2^32 msec = 49.710 days.
Error 1486 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5383 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 51 00 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 219.984 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 213.264 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 1485 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5382 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 51 00 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 243.792 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 237.072 IDENTIFY DEVICE 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 220.016 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 213.280 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 1484 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5382 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 51 00 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 220.016 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 213.280 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 1483 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5381 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 51 00 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 220.000 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 213.264 IDENTIFY DEVICE
Error 1482 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 5368 hours When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was in an unknown state.
After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 04 51 00 01 00 00 b0
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Timestamp Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --------- -------------------- 08 00 00 01 00 00 b0 00 220.000 DEVICE RESET ec 00 01 01 00 00 b0 00 213.264 IDENTIFY DEVICE
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