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From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
To: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
Cc: smartmontools-support@lists.sourceforge.net,
	Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@alum.mit.edu>,
	David Beattie <dbeattie@softhome.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, apiszcz@solarrain.com
Subject: Re: The Death and Diagnosis of a Dying Hard Drive - Is S.M.A.R.T. useful?
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:59:07 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606100658130.26702@p34.internal.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060610105141.GE30775@lug-owl.de>

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# smartctl -d ata -H /dev/sdc
smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

#

The --all output below:

smartctl version 5.36 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-6 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Maxtor DiamondMax 10 family
Device Model:     Maxtor 6B250S0
Serial Number:    /* commented out */
Firmware Version: BANC1B70
User Capacity:    251,000,193,024 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0
Local Time is:    Sat Jun 10 06:58:29 2006 EDT
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)	Offline data collection activity
 					was completed without error.
 					Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
 					without error or no self-test has ever
 					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		 (2283) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
 					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
 					Suspend Offline collection upon new
 					command.
 					Offline surface scan supported.
 					Self-test supported.
 					No Conveyance Self-test supported.
 					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
 					power-saving mode.
 					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
 					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 109) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
   3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   184   182   063    Pre-fail  Always       -       25693
   4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       91
   5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   253   253   063    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
   6 Read_Channel_Margin     0x0001   253   253   100    Pre-fail  Offline      -       0
   7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
   8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0027   252   237   187    Pre-fail  Always       -       56515
   9 Power_On_Minutes        0x0032   218   218   000    Old_age   Always       -       103h+42m
  10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x002b   249   248   157    Pre-fail  Always       -       4
  11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b   253   252   223    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       191
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0032   038   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       32
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       312
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0008   253   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0008   199   199   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       2
202 TA_Increase_Count       0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
203 Run_Out_Cancel          0x000b   253   252   180    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern  0x000a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
207 Spin_High_Current       0x002a   249   248   000    Old_age   Always       -       4
208 Spin_Buzz               0x002a   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024   241   241   000    Old_age   Offline      -       152
210 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
211 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   253   252   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
212 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   253   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 252 (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]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.

Error 252 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 11354 hours (473 days + 2 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
   -- -- -- -- -- -- --
   78 00 08 b0 19 eb e0

   Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
   CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
   -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:12.107  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:10.649  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:09.191  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:07.716  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:06.258  NOP [Abort queued commands]

Error 251 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 11354 hours (473 days + 2 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
   -- -- -- -- -- -- --
   78 00 08 b0 19 eb e0

   Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
   CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC   Powered_Up_Time  Command/Feature_Name
   -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  ----------------  --------------------
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:10.649  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:09.191  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:07.716  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:06.258  NOP [Abort queued commands]
   00 00 08 b0 19 eb e0 00      01:39:04.791  NOP [Abort queued commands]

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     12117         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     12116         -
# 3  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     12099         -
# 4  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     12097         -
# 5  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     12090         -
# 6  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     12044         -
# 7  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     12020         -
# 8  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11996         -
# 9  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11972         -
#10  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11949         -
#11  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11924         -
#12  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11900         -
#13  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11877         -
#14  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11853         -
#15  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11829         -
#16  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11806         -
#17  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11782         -
#18  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11758         -
#19  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11734         -
#20  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11711         -
#21  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     11687         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
  SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
     1        0        0  Not_testing
     2        0        0  Not_testing
     3        0        0  Not_testing
     4        0        0  Not_testing
     5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
   After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.


On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-06-10 06:23:32 -0400, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote:
>> SUMMARY:
>> I pose the following question in the subject, as over the years running
>> smartd and having failed disks, I have always first been alerted of bad
>> sectors and such through dmesg or logcheck.  Even with a bad disk I
>> currently have, smartd does not pickup any errors, except those with the
>> kernel writes to syslog.
>
> What do
>
> 	smartctl -H
> 	smartctl --all
>
> tell you?
>
> MfG, JBG
>
> -- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-10 10:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-10 10:23 Justin Piszcz
2006-06-10 10:51 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-06-10 10:59   ` Justin Piszcz [this message]
2006-06-11  3:15     ` [smartmontools-support] " Bruce Allen
2006-06-11 12:59       ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-11 16:22         ` Bruce Allen

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