On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 02:25:24PM -0800, David Mathog wrote: > Bruno Coutinho wrote: > > > What is the Reallocated_Sector_Ct in smartctl? If it's non zero, you will > > have badblocks soon. > > > > How is the Seek_Error_Rate is compared with orher HDs? > > Here is part of smartctl -a for the slow one, with some columns > edited out so that it will fit without wrapping. The disk is old but > it isn't throwing any conventional sorts of errors: > > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b Always - 0 > 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 Always - 2658 > 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 Always - 88 > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 Always - 0 > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b Always - 0 > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 Always - 44036 > 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 Always - 0 > 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0013 Always - 0 > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 Always - 88 > 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 Always - 0 > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 Always - 0 > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0012 Always - 0 > 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a Always - 0 > 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0009 Offline - 0
Looks clean. (Sorry, but I probably missed part of the thread:) Did you check the (U)DMA mode? (hdparm -di /dev/hd*) Would a full reboot (power down, power up) change the performance? Steffen -- Steffen Grunewald * MPI Grav.Phys.(AEI) * Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Potsdam Cluster Admin * http://pandora.aei.mpg.de/merlin/ * http://www.aei.mpg.de/ * e-mail: steffen.grunewald(*)aei.mpg.de * +49-331-567-{fon:7233,fax:7298} No Word/PPT mails - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf