smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

[Tejun Heo]

Hello,

As the $SUBJ says, please post the result of "smartctl -a" on the
affected drives for documentation and verification.

Thank you.

-- 
tejun

Re: smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

[Tejun Heo]

(restoring linux-ide cc)

Tobias Stegmann wrote:
> Yes, I'm using the APM setting between 6 and 12 months now. If I'm using
> standard APM settings, the Load_Cycle_Counts increases very fast and
> there is this clicking noise I can hear.
> I'm not quite sure, but I think its rated for over 1.500.000 LCCs.

Can you please turn off APM setting and see how much Load_Cycle_Counts
increases in an hour under light usage?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

[Tejun Heo]

Tobias Stegmann wrote:
> The results:
> 
> 1 hour surfing, hearing mp3 files: 24 Load Cycles
> Then idling for a few minutes: ~5 LCCs/minute		

5 cycles per minute.  Impressive even w/ 1.5mil rate.  Thanks for testing.

-- 
tejun

Re: smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

[Ivan N. Zlatev]

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As the $SUBJ says, please post the result of "smartctl -a" on the
> affected drives for documentation and verification.
>

Attached. It should be noted that this machine has been running with
enforced disabled powersaving (by me) pretty much from day 1.

Kind Regards,
Ivan Zlatev

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smartctl 5.39 2008-05-08 21:56 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-8 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 5400.3
Device Model:     ST9120822AS
Serial Number:    5LZ6PF8E
Firmware Version: 3.CDD
User Capacity:    120,034,123,776 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Sun Aug  3 18:30:30 2008 EEST
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:  (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: 		 ( 426) 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.
					No General Purpose Logging support.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 ( 111) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x0001)	SCT Status 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   106   100   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       11829174
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   099   099   085    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       375
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   077   060   030    Pre-fail  Always       -       54021913
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   098   098   000    Old_age   Always       -       1769
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   034    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   020    Old_age   Always       -       388
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   096   096   000    Old_age   Always       -       4
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   066   046   045    Old_age   Always       -       34 (Lifetime Min/Max 28/34)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       279
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       7316
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   034   054   000    Old_age   Always       -       34 (0 14 0 0)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   080   060   000    Old_age   Always       -       122014116
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
202 TA_Increase_Count       0x0032   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1478         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         1         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%         0         -
# 4  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.

Re: smartctl -a output on crazy-unloading drives

[Tejun Heo]

Ivan N. Zlatev wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> As the $SUBJ says, please post the result of "smartctl -a" on the
>> affected drives for documentation and verification.
>>
> 
> Attached. It should be noted that this machine has been running with
> enforced disabled powersaving (by me) pretty much from day 1.

Can you please test how much the load cycle count increases on the
default setting under light and idle load?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun