On 08/15/2010 08:14 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > JD wrote: >> On 08/15/2010 06:44 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> >>> On Sunday 15 August 2010 10:17 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >>> >>>> Got a good backup of this drive? Looks like it needs to be retested, in >>>> a different machine and if it fails, replaced. >>>> >>>> I had a drive that exhibited the same behavior and eventually, it failed. >>>> >>>> >>> I downloaded the bootable iso of the disk diagnostic suite from Western >>> Digital and ran. It claimed to detect and fix the errors. After the scan >>> the smart logs read like this, >>> >>> >>>> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: >>>> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE >>>> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1545 >>>> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 253 253 021 Pre-fail Always - 1066 >>>> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 42 >>>> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 >>>> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>>> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1426 >>>> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>>> 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>>> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 38 >>>> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21 >>>> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 20 >>>> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 109 107 000 Old_age Always - 41 >>>> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>>> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 199 000 Old_age Always - 78 >>>> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >>>> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 >>>> 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 >>>> >>>> SMART Error Log Version: 1 >>>> No Errors Logged >>>> >>>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 >>>> Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error >>>> # 1 Conveyance offline Completed: read failure 90% 1422 1106820646 >>>> # 2 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 1393 1106820646 >>>> >>>> >>> Is it okay to continue with this drive? I bought them a few months back, >>> I am not in a position to change them unless I can RMA the unit. >>> >>> >>>> James McKenzie >>>> >>> All suggestions welcome. >>> >> Is it possible to purge the SMART logs and reset >> the counters, and the rerun the SMART tests? >> >> > That should be possible. Any errors should be a good reason to send the > drives back. > > James McKenzie > Of course. Be sure to zero out the drive if it contains sensitive data or private intellectual property before sending it for replacement. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=256M I use 256m to reduce the total number of calls to write(2). If you have oodles of ram, then by all means use a larger number (keep it sane) :) Kernel will break it down to many buffers and queue them up for io. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
