* WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing?
@ 2006-02-13 10:29 Justin Piszcz
2006-02-14 1:58 ` default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives Linda Walsh
2006-02-14 8:16 ` WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing? Jan Engelhardt
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Justin Piszcz @ 2006-02-13 10:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: smartmontools-support; +Cc: linux-kernel
When I write to this disk for a while, I see this in dmesg (only once so
far):
[31230.223504] ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ
0xb/00/00
[31230.223511] ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
[31230.223515] ata6: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get
26-27MB/s on this 400GB/SATA/16MB/7200RPM drive. I use smartmontools to
do a daily test. However, even with smart disabled, I get:
# hdparm -t /dev/sde
/dev/sde:
Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.06 seconds = 25.46 MB/sec
Does anyone know if this drive has problems in Linux or something?
[ 6.895914] Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD4000KD-00N Rev: 01.0
It just seems to be that drive that has issues.
Here is a 400GB seagate ata/100:
/dev/hde:
Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.02 seconds = 56.91 MB/sec
Here is a 74GB raptor SATA/150:
/dev/sda:
Timing buffered disk reads: 204 MB in 3.03 seconds = 67.38 MB/sec
Both drives above are on the same system, so my question is what exactly
is wrong with the WD drive? Is it a Linux issue, a drive issue, or?
Does anyone else use this drive, what rates do they get?
What is up with the error in dmesg?
# smartctl -d ata -l selftest /dev/sde
smartctl version 5.34 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-5 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
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% 1094
-
# 2 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 3 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 4 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 5 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 6 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 7 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
# 8 Offline Completed without error 00% 1
-
# 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 810
-
#10 Vendor offline Completed without error 30% 65280
-
#11 Offline Self-test routine in progress 150% 65535
-
#12 Vendor offline Self-test routine in progress 150% 255
-
#13 Vendor offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#14 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#15 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#16 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#17 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#18 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#19 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#20 Offline Completed without error 00% 0
-
#21 Offline Completed without error 00% 1
-
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives
2006-02-13 10:29 WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing? Justin Piszcz
@ 2006-02-14 1:58 ` Linda Walsh
2006-02-14 3:36 ` Mark Lord
2006-02-14 8:16 ` WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing? Jan Engelhardt
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Linda Walsh @ 2006-02-14 1:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Justin Piszcz; +Cc: smartmontools-support, linux-kernel
I've seen similar errors soon after bootup on a 400GB PATA Seagate
drive, but they have mysteriously disappeared so I haven't tracked
them down.
Have you checked if there is a difference in the hard disk parameters?
hdparm -i <drive>.
For some insane reason I haven't tracked down, drives not explicitly
set to known values may not contain "great values". My "readahead"
value seems to boot with a value of "256" for all of my drives.
Is this not a bit "excessive"?
(
Justin Piszcz wrote:
> When I write to this disk for a while, I see this in dmesg (only once
> so far):
>
> [31230.223504] ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI
> SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
> [31230.223511] ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> [31230.223515] ata6: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
>
> Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get
> 26-27MB/s on this 400GB/SATA/16MB/7200RPM drive. I use smartmontools
> to do a daily test. However, even with smart disabled, I get:
>
> # hdparm -t /dev/sde
> /dev/sde:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.06 seconds = 25.46 MB/sec
>
> Does anyone know if this drive has problems in Linux or something?
>
> [ 6.895914] Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD4000KD-00N Rev: 01.0
>
>
> It just seems to be that drive that has issues.
>
> Here is a 400GB seagate ata/100:
> /dev/hde:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 172 MB in 3.02 seconds = 56.91 MB/sec
>
> Here is a 74GB raptor SATA/150:
> /dev/sda:
> Timing buffered disk reads: 204 MB in 3.03 seconds = 67.38 MB/sec
>
> Both drives above are on the same system, so my question is what
> exactly is wrong with the WD drive? Is it a Linux issue, a drive
> issue, or?
>
> Does anyone else use this drive, what rates do they get?
>
> What is up with the error in dmesg?
>
>
> # smartctl -d ata -l selftest /dev/sde
> smartctl version 5.34 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-5 Bruce
> Allen
> Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
>
> === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
> 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% 1094 -
> # 2 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 3 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 4 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 5 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 6 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 7 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> # 8 Offline Completed without error 00% 1 -
> # 9 Short offline Completed without error 00% 810 -
> #10 Vendor offline Completed without error 30% 65280 -
> #11 Offline Self-test routine in progress 150% 65535 -
> #12 Vendor offline Self-test routine in progress 150% 255 -
> #13 Vendor offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #14 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #15 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #16 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #17 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #18 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #19 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #20 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #21 Offline Completed without error 00% 1 -
>
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives
2006-02-14 1:58 ` default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives Linda Walsh
@ 2006-02-14 3:36 ` Mark Lord
2006-02-14 9:49 ` Justin Piszcz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Mark Lord @ 2006-02-14 3:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linda Walsh; +Cc: Justin Piszcz, smartmontools-support, linux-kernel
Linda Walsh wrote:
>..
> set to known values may not contain "great values". My "readahead"
> value seems to boot with a value of "256" for all of my drives.
>
> Is this not a bit "excessive"?
Wow.. that does look a bit HUGE. Thanks for pointing it out,
I'm resetting mine back to 128 for now.
> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> When I write to this disk for a while, I see this in dmesg (only once
>> so far):
>>
>> [31230.223504] ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI
>> SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/00/00
>> [31230.223511] ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>> [31230.223515] ata6: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>>
>> Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get
>> 26-27MB/s on this 400GB/SATA/16MB/7200RPM drive. I use smartmontools
>> to do a daily test. However, even with smart disabled, I get:
>>
>> # hdparm -t /dev/sde
>> /dev/sde:
>> Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.06 seconds = 25.46 MB/sec
>>
>> Does anyone know if this drive has problems in Linux or something?
>>
>> [ 6.895914] Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD4000KD-00N Rev: 01.0
...
Some drives suck at sequential reads, in favour of doing random seeks
very very well. Basically, the on-drive seek algorithm may not favour
doing much read-ahead. Try "hdparm -A1" and see if that helps.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives
2006-02-14 3:36 ` Mark Lord
@ 2006-02-14 9:49 ` Justin Piszcz
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Justin Piszcz @ 2006-02-14 9:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Lord; +Cc: Linda Walsh, smartmontools-support, linux-kernel
Turned out I had too many devices in the box, I have removed them now,
still getting those pesky drive errors though, I will try the hdparm soon,
thanks.
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Mark Lord wrote:
> Linda Walsh wrote:
>> ..
>> set to known values may not contain "great values". My "readahead"
>> value seems to boot with a value of "256" for all of my drives.
>>
>> Is this not a bit "excessive"?
>
> Wow.. that does look a bit HUGE. Thanks for pointing it out,
> I'm resetting mine back to 128 for now.
>
>> Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>> When I write to this disk for a while, I see this in dmesg (only once so
>>> far):
>>>
>>> [31230.223504] ata6: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/04 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ
>>> 0xb/00/00
>>> [31230.223511] ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
>>> [31230.223515] ata6: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>>>
>>> Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get
>>> 26-27MB/s on this 400GB/SATA/16MB/7200RPM drive. I use smartmontools to
>>> do a daily test. However, even with smart disabled, I get:
>>>
>>> # hdparm -t /dev/sde
>>> /dev/sde:
>>> Timing buffered disk reads: 78 MB in 3.06 seconds = 25.46 MB/sec
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if this drive has problems in Linux or something?
>>>
>>> [ 6.895914] Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD4000KD-00N Rev: 01.0
> ...
>
> Some drives suck at sequential reads, in favour of doing random seeks
> very very well. Basically, the on-drive seek algorithm may not favour
> doing much read-ahead. Try "hdparm -A1" and see if that helps.
>
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* Re: WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing?
2006-02-13 10:29 WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing? Justin Piszcz
2006-02-14 1:58 ` default hdparms? readahead=256? Re: WD 400GB xATA Drives Linda Walsh
@ 2006-02-14 8:16 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-02-17 7:32 ` [smartmontools-support]Re: " Michael Mansour
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2006-02-14 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Justin Piszcz; +Cc: smartmontools-support, linux-kernel
>
> Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get 26-27MB/s
You can find out using `smartctl -data -a /dev/hdX`; if there is a SMART
test going on, there should be info about its status.
> #13 Vendor offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #14 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #15 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #16 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #17 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #18 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #19 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #20 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> #21 Offline Completed without error 00% 1 -
>
A little bit more below the values, usually.
Jan Engelhardt
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* Re: [smartmontools-support]Re: WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing?
2006-02-14 8:16 ` WD 400GB SATA Drive In Constant Smart Testing? Jan Engelhardt
@ 2006-02-17 7:32 ` Michael Mansour
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Michael Mansour @ 2006-02-17 7:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Engelhardt, Justin Piszcz; +Cc: smartmontools-support, linux-kernel
Hi,
> > Is there some sort of smart testing going on constantly? I only get 26-27MB/s
>
> You can find out using `smartctl -data -a /dev/hdX`; if there is a
> SMART test going on, there should be info about its status.
>
> > #13 Vendor offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #14 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #15 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #16 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #17 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #18 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #19 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #20 Offline Completed without error 00% 0 -
> > #21 Offline Completed without error 00% 1 -
> >
> A little bit more below the values, usually.
Also, you may have to monitor this for a while as I've seen when a drive is
not recognised in the smartctl database, then it doesn't show it's progress,
only when it finishes checking does it show something in the selftest log.
Michael.
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