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Re: SATA disk errors



On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:04:06 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:

> On 12/31/2011 12:21 PM, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> 
>> Well, Stan, I did. Unfortunately I didn't understand the reports, which
>> contain a plethora of information, for which I haven't been able to
>> locate an authoritative explanation, but seem to indicate that the
>> drives are OK:

You better run a long test ("smartctl --test=long /dev/sdx") if you want 
to full check the disks SMART status or even better yet, get the SeaTools 
from Seagate website (it's a LiveCD) and run the manufacturer's own 
utilities to check the SMART health of your disks.

> /dev/sda
>>   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     243530983
>>   7 Seek_Error_Rate         18363743
> 
> /dev/sdb
>>   1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     138763088
>>   7 Seek_Error_Rate         1374378
> 
> Interestingly, SMART says these two drives have been in service only 2.6
> months:
> 
>>   9 Power_On_Hours          1893
> 
> This indicates both drives are failing and should be replaced ASAP.  

(...)

These are from my Seagate disks (with no raid):

  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   083   063   044    Pre-fail  Always       -       224879105
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   078   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       8755168005
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   084   084   000    Old_age   Always       -       14225


  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   081   064   044    Pre-fail  Always       -       150503837
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   076   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       45033025
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   084   084   000    Old_age   Always       -       14241
 
I think those values can be "acceptable" for Seagate hard disks, because 
every manufacturer interprets the values differently, if no, my disks would 
have to be died time ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.

It's alwayd a good idea to update the backup copy but to be sure there is no 
SMART problem, I would go for the hard disk manufacturer disc utilities.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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