From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Al Bogner Subject: Re: WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1: harddrive which does crazy unloading Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:34:32 +0100 Message-ID: <201003091134.32731.suse-linux@ml082.pinguin.uni.cc> References: <201002081933.10144.suse-linux@ml082.pinguin.uni.cc> <4B96013F.1050904@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mailbackup.inode.at ([213.229.60.24]:44987 "EHLO mailbackup.inode.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750742Ab0CIKfu convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:35:50 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B96013F.1050904@kernel.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Am Dienstag 09 M=E4rz 2010 09:05:19 schrieb Tejun Heo: > Hello, >=20 > Sorry about very late reply. >=20 > On 02/09/2010 03:33 AM, Al Bogner wrote: > > I append info of an 1.5 TB WD Caviar green drive with a lot of star= t/stop > > cycles. I would like to mention, that I have 4 1 TB Caviar green > > (WD10EADS) which work fine! > > > > The e-SATA drive is used with this machine: > > http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_b214fce2-b5b5-4a32-ba7e-cf9de= 6d5575 > >7 but has problems with other machines too. > > > > I use Openesuse 11.1 > > Kernel 2.6.27.42-0.1-default > > FANTEC Fanbox FB-35US2 (probably JMicron 20360/20363 AHCI Controlle= r) > > storage-fixup-0.2-25.3 is installed, but not especially configured > > > > If you need more info let me know. >=20 > How fast does it increase? ie. counts / hour. Hi, I can't give you exact values. It depends how busy the drive is. If the= drivec=20 is busy the drive has less spindowns. Device Model: WDC WD15EARS-00Z5B1 =46irmware Version: 80.00A80 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always = =20 - 11 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 4 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 127 ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDAT= ED =20 WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Alway= s =20 - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 219 219 021 Pre-fail Alway= s =20 - 4025 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 6 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Alway= s =20 - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 31 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 5 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 2 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 644 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 116 113 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 34 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offli= ne =20 - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offli= ne =20 - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always= =20 - 34 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 5 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 655 Since I used wdidle3 and switched to no spindown (62 min) it looks like= this: 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 383 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 26 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 4 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Alway= s =20 - 819 Al