On 10/07/2019 20.03, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:16 AM Andrey Zhunev <a-j@xxxxxx> wrote: ... >> When reallocated sectors appear - it's clearly a bad sign. If the >> number of reallocated sectors grow - the drive should not be used. >> But it's not that obvious for the pending sectors... > > They're both bad news. It's just a matter of degree. Yes a > manufacturer probably takes the position that pending sectors is and > even remapping is normal drive behavior. But realistically it's not > something anyone wants to have to deal with. It's useful for > curiousity. Use it for Btrfs testing :-D I have used some disks with some reallocated sectors for several years after the "event", with not even a single failure afterwards. It should not be fatal. For me, the criteria is that the number does not increase, and that it is not large. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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