Here are the results, of my smartctl test: I am trying to parse them myself, to see if I can learn anything. But, immediate glance
and queries did not reveal anything that could help me determine if the drive is good or not. smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-linux-4.19.0-18-amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST8000DM004-2CX188 Serial Number: ZCT1706V LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0c2b1cd83 Firmware Version: 0001 User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 5425 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Wed Oct 20 14:36:49 2021 CEST 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: (0x00) Offline data collection activity was never started. Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled. 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: ( 0) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x73) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. No Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. 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: ( 987) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x30a5) SCT Status supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 064 051 006 Pre-fail Always - 7226480 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 093 091 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 361 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 080 060 045 Pre-fail Always - 104115990 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 084 084 000 Old_age Always - 14558 (99 41 0) 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 77 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 095 095 000 Old_age Always - 5 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 1334 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 070 052 040 Old_age Always - 30 (Min/Max 28/33) 191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 25 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 3362 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 030 048 000 Old_age Always - 30 (0 16 0 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 069 064 000 Old_age Always - 7226480 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 8 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 8 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 198 000 Old_age Always - 15 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2368 (67 0 0) 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 54984038154 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 185155335586 SMART Error Log Version: 1 ATA Error Count: 1334 (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 1334 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10525 hours (438 days + 13 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 53 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 15d+00:06:46.256 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.247 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 15d+00:06:46.220 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.217 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.205 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] Error 1333 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10525 hours (438 days + 13 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 53 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 15d+00:06:46.090 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.081 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 15d+00:06:46.054 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.051 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:46.039 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] Error 1332 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10525 hours (438 days + 13 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 53 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 15d+00:06:45.922 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.912 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 15d+00:06:45.886 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.883 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.871 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] Error 1331 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10525 hours (438 days + 13 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 53 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 15d+00:06:45.692 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.683 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 15d+00:06:45.656 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.654 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.641 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] Error 1330 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 10525 hours (438 days + 13 hours) When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle. After command completion occurred, registers were: ER ST SC SN CL CH DH -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 40 53 00 ff ff ff 0f Error: UNC at LBA = 0x0fffffff = 268435455 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- 60 00 08 ff ff ff 4f 00 15d+00:06:45.526 READ FPDMA QUEUED ef 10 02 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.517 SET FEATURES [Enable SATA feature] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 15d+00:06:45.491 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT [OBS-ACS-3] ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.488 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 15d+00:06:45.475 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 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% 14551 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 14530 - # 3 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 10165 - # 4 Conveyance offline Completed without error 00% 10165 - # 5 Short offline Completed without error 00% 10163 - # 6 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 9997 - # 7 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 - 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 10/18/21 6:52 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 06:25:19PM +0200, Thomas Anderson wrote: >> I have been having problems with a drive (non-SSD) for a while now, >> but I would like to "identify" the problem specifically, so that I may >> perhaps be able to get the drive replaced. > Assuming it's SATA/IDE drive, all you need to do is: > > apt install smartmontools > smartctl -t long <ur_drive_here> > # wait for the test to finish > smartctl -a <ur_drive_here> > > Please post the output of the last command. > > Reco >
