Dear both, Thanks for the input! I will return this hard disk as soon as possible. Here below is the latest output. Best regards! # smartctl -a /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Barracuda LP Device Model: ST32000542AS Serial Number: 5XW20H7P Firmware Version: CC34 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Tue Jan 25 06:57:27 2011 CET 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: ( 633) 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: ( 255) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control 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 096 085 006 Pre-fail Always - 166323635 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1164 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 499927 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 334 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always - 1190 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 495 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 4295032833 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 081 063 045 Old_age Always - 19 (Lifetime Min/Max 19/19) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 019 040 000 Old_age Always - 19 (0 16 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 048 033 000 Old_age Always - 166323635 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 099 000 Old_age Always - 24 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 099 000 Old_age Offline - 24 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 65979287602589 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 1931349171 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 2326768434 SMART Error Log Version: 1 ATA Error Count: 573 (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 573 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 317 hours (13 days + 5 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 51 00 83 74 1b 07 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x071b7483 = 119239811 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 7f 74 1b e7 00 13:20:31.001 READ DMA 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:31.000 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:30.992 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:30.986 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:30.964 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 572 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 317 hours (13 days + 5 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 51 00 83 74 1b 07 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x071b7483 = 119239811 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 7f 74 1b e7 00 13:20:27.236 READ DMA 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:27.235 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:27.227 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:27.223 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:27.199 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 571 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 317 hours (13 days + 5 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 51 00 83 74 1b 07 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x071b7483 = 119239811 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 7f 74 1b e7 00 13:20:23.451 READ DMA 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:23.451 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:23.442 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:23.438 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:23.407 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 570 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 317 hours (13 days + 5 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 51 00 83 74 1b 07 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x071b7483 = 119239811 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 7f 74 1b e7 00 13:20:19.659 READ DMA 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:19.658 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:19.650 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:19.619 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:19.534 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT Error 569 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 317 hours (13 days + 5 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 51 00 83 74 1b 07 Error: UNC at LBA = 0x071b7483 = 119239811 Commands leading to the command that caused the error were: CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- -------------------- c8 00 08 7f 74 1b e7 00 13:20:15.894 READ DMA 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:15.893 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT ec 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:15.885 IDENTIFY DEVICE ef 03 46 00 00 00 a0 00 13:20:15.880 SET FEATURES [Set transfer mode] 27 00 00 00 00 00 e0 00 13:20:15.857 READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS EXT SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] 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 Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/23/2011 05:05 AM, BU66ER BAD6ER wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Four weeks ago I bought a new 2TB Seagate Barracuda internal SATA >> drive. That drive has two 667GB ext4 partions (667GB unused) and it is >> used for storage. My main system (Debian Sid 64-bit and KDE) resides >> on a 40GB SSD, also using ext4. >> >> Two weeks ago I noticed a severe performance drop, where any file >> manager couldn't view directories on the 2TB disk without a one or two >> minute penalty. After that I have had three hard freezes of that disk >> and the entire system. Before the freeze there is very much hd >> activity and finally I need to turn the power off. I have now also >> made a backup of /dev/sdb1 should it be fatally serious. >> >> I was recommended by someone at the #debian irc to make changes to the >> spindown_time but that only helped for a few days. Yesterday, the 3rd >> freeze came and the system wouldn't even recognize the disk after >> reboot; just 'clicking' waiting for a response. I showed the kern.log >> to someone at the same channel who concluded that this should be a >> firmware issue. >> >> Here is the latest kern.log which may identify the issue: I hope it >> contains the relevant details. But first the output of smartctl -a >> /dev/sdb. >> >> I have now set the hdparm spindown_time to 0, disabling disk sleep >> which seems to have been the culprit as judged on messages in the >> Dolphin file manager etc. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> >>> # smartctl -a /dev/sdb >>> smartctl 5.40 2010-07-12 r3124 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build) >>> Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, >>> http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net >>> >>> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === >>> Model Family: Seagate Barracuda LP >>> Device Model: ST32000542AS >>> Serial Number: 5XW20H7P >>> Firmware Version: CC34 >>> User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes >>> Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] >>> ATA Version is: 8 >>> ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 >>> Local Time is: Sun Jan 23 11:50:56 2011 CET >>> 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: ( 633) 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: ( 255) minutes. >>> Conveyance self-test routine >>> recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. >>> SCT capabilities: (0x103f) SCT Status supported. >>> SCT Error Recovery Control >>> supported. >>> SCT Feature Control 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 100 089 006 Pre-fail Always >>> - 184733939 >>> 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0003 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always >>> - 0 >>> 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always >>> - 1160 >>> 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always >>> - 0 >>> 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always >>> - 296094 >>> 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always >>> - 307 >>> 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always >>> - 0 >>> 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 099 099 020 Old_age Always >>> - 1186 >>> 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always >>> - 0 >>> 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 099 Old_age Always >>> - 0 >>> 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always >>> - 225 >>> 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 099 000 Old_age Always >>> - 4295032833 >>> 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always >>> - 0 >>> 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 063 063 045 Old_age Always >>> - 37 (Lifetime Min/Max 19/37) >>> 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 037 040 000 Old_age Always >>> - 37 (0 16 0 0) >>> 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 052 033 000 Old_age Always >>> - 184733939 >>> 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0012 100 099 000 Old_age Always >>> - 40 >>> 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0010 100 099 000 Old_age Offline >>> - 40 >>> 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 200 200 000 Old_age Always >>> - 0 >>> 240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline >>> - 210019605808507 >>> 241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline >>> - 546635184 >>> 242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0000 100 253 000 Old_age Offline >>> - 2195715347 > > The SMART data shows there haven't been many start/stops other than from > power cycles, so I don't think spindown is related here. The error log > entries and the Offline_Uncorrectable and Reported_Uncorrect attributes > would indicate that your drive is having read errors. Think you likely need > a new drive. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
