Re: smartctl test error
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:56:07 +0530, vishnuvardhan wrote:
> *I have run the following command and it is showing the following error
> for all the disks [ hda, hda1, hda2, hda5 ]* :
> # smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda
Not errors "per se". It's a report of the disk activity.
(...)
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health
> self-assessment test result: PASSED
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is important. It means your disk is not dying "right now" :-)
> 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
> 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 062 Pre-fail Always - 0
> 2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 105 105 040 Pre-fail Offline - 4573
> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 253 253 033 Pre-fail Always - 1
> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 093 093 000 Old_age Always - 11195
> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
> 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 122 122 040 Pre-fail Offline - 39
> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 065 065 000 Old_age Always - 15650
> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 6195
> 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x000a 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 3
> 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 247202527
> 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 089 089 000 Old_age Always - 114999
> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 157 157 000 Old_age Always - 35 (Lifetime Min/Max 17/50)
> 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 132
> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
The data of the above table is also important. Unless you see "pre-fail"
attributes increasing from time to time, you should not worry (needless
to say that keeping a good backup is a must on these days, regardless the
healthy status of the disks).
> Error 191 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10995 hours (458 days + 3
> hours)
(...)
> Error 189 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10995 hours (458 days + 3
> hours)
(...)
> Error 188 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10995 hours (458 days + 3
> hours)
(...)
> Error 187 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10995 hours (458 days + 3
> hours)
Read that as "logs events", not warnings. New hard disks record the events
and try to correct the errors in real time (i.e., bad sectors are remapped
whenever possible).
> *Can somebody please guide me how to proceed or the above errors are
> normal ?*
There are some "how to read smartcl results" articles there. For example:
Linux Harddisk Monitoring with SmartMonTools (smartctl)
http://www.captain.at/howto-linux-smartmontools-smartctl.php
Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART
http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/monitoring-hard-disks-smart
BTW, I keep smartmontools daemon running and monitoring the disks status.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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