Re: Talking about RAID - disks with same id
Thank you for the kind answer. Here are my toughts
David Christensen wrote:
> Answering that question definitively would involve reviewing the source
> code of all the software and firmware on your computer for anything that
> is affected, directly or indirectly, by UUID's or PARTUUID's.
>
>
> You should probably start with the source code for whatever RAID
> technology you are using. (What RAID technology are you using?)
>
Linux software raid - kernel is 4.12.10
>
> Alternatively, look for a FAQ.
>
>
> STFW. Ideally, using any warnings or error messages you are seeing.
>
>
>> and I should replace one of the disks. I think the Seagate
>> is >10y old.
>
> Take a look at:
>
> # smartctl --xall /dev/sdg
>
>
This is nothing spectacular - see attachment. In fact I think it does not
write to this disk at all as the partition in the raid setup shows to a
disk with same id.
I think the problem is that blkid reports the same ID for both and that
somehow RAID is using this information, rather than using some of the other
mechanisms - UUID or UDEV Maker/Model/Serial .. which can be found
under /dev/disk
> If you learn smartctl well enough, capture reports on a schedule
> (weekly?), and look for trends, you might be able to predict failure.
> STFW for information on this approach.
>
>
> Download the bootable CD image of Seagate Seatools and run it:
>
> https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/
>
might do that, but I think the problem is in raid itself as it does not
indicate activity on the second disk and blkid reports the same id for two
disks - I really might need to look into the raid code if blkid is used in
any way.
>
> The group consensus seems to be:
>
> 1. When you hear the "click of death", failure is imminent.
>
> 2. When you put HDD's on the shelf for long periods, they often fail
> shortly after being returned to service (e.g. within a day).
>
> 3. Hard disk drives last the longest if you leave them in a computer
> and powered up, even if not in use.
>
> 4. All drives fail eventually. Plan on it and be prepared.
>
>
> I would estimate a dozen of my HDD's have failed by #1 over the years,
> and another dozen by #2. I've got a dozen or more on the shelf that
> could end up #2.
well those are in server that virtually runs 24/7 and indeed I have replaced
many over the years. In fact most of the old disks are gone. The Seagate is
the oldest there ... the only left, so I think I'll just replace it so that
I may sleep well ... the problem is I don't know which disk is really
writing, might be the Seagate and the WD is not operational ... I think it
is best to be on the safe side :)
regards
# smartctl --xall /dev/sdg
smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.12.10] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
Device Model: ST3500630AS
Serial Number: 9QG87WTQ
Firmware Version: 3.AAK
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA/ATAPI-7 (minor revision not indicated)
Local Time is: Thu Nov 9 21:45:53 2017 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM feature is: Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
ATA Security is: Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1]
Wt Cache Reorder: Unavailable
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
See vendor-specific Attribute list for marginal Attributes.
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: ( 430) 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: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 163) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate POSR-- 105 095 006 - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time PO---- 093 093 000 - 0
4 Start_Stop_Count -O--CK 100 100 020 - 145
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct PO--CK 100 100 036 - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate POSR-- 088 060 030 - 747385748
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 034 034 000 - 58404
10 Spin_Retry_Count PO--C- 100 100 097 - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 100 100 020 - 123
187 Reported_Uncorrect -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
189 High_Fly_Writes -O-RCK 100 100 000 - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel -O---K 050 040 045 Past 50 (Min/Max 43/60 #174)
194 Temperature_Celsius -O---K 050 060 000 - 50 (0 15 0 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered -O-RC- 064 056 000 - 179548239
197 Current_Pending_Sector -O--C- 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ----C- 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count -OSRCK 200 200 000 - 7
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate ------ 100 253 000 - 0
202 Data_Address_Mark_Errs -O--CK 100 253 000 - 0
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 GPL,SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x02 GPL,SL R/O 5 Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03 GPL,SL R/O 5 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x06 GPL,SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL,SL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 GPL,SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL,SL R/O 1 SATA NCQ Queued Error log
0x11 GPL,SL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x20 GPL,SL R/O 1 Streaming performance log [OBS-8]
0x21 GPL,SL R/O 1 Write stream error log
0x22 GPL,SL R/O 1 Read stream error log
0x23 GPL,SL R/O 1 Delayed sector log [OBS-8]
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xa0 GPL,SL VS 1 Device vendor specific log
0xa1 GPL,SL VS 20 Device vendor specific log
0xa2 GPL,SL VS 101 Device vendor specific log
0xa8 GPL,SL VS 20 Device vendor specific log
0xa9 GPL,SL VS 1 Device vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer
0xff GPL - 23040 Reserved
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (5 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
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.
SCT Commands not supported
Device Statistics (GP/SMART Log 0x04) not supported
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x000a 2 60 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x0001 2 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006 2 0 R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007 2 0 R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS
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