Disk with errors

[steve1977]

Disk 8 is seeing errors. Any insights whether the disk is failing or whether there could be some form of cable / connectivity / other error.

 

I know that developers advice against using USB connected disks in the array, but it has been working for me for quite a while now...

tower-diagnostics-20211003-0805.zip

Edited October 3, 2021 by steve1977

[ChatNoir]

Let's see what more experiences user say, but it does not look good (pending and uncorrectable), also, the Raw Read is super high for a WD drive. You should monitor attribute 1 on WD drives.

 

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     PO-R--   082   082   016    -    29622346
  2 Throughput_Performance  --S---   129   129   054    -    112
  3 Spin_Up_Time            POS---   145   145   024    -    457 (Average 449)
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--C-   098   098   000    -    11815
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   100   100   005    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         -O-R--   100   100   067    -    0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   --S---   128   128   020    -    18
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--C-   096   096   000    -    32338
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        -O--C-   100   100   060    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   098   098   000    -    11405
 22 Helium_Level            PO---K   100   100   025    -    100
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   044   044   000    -    67900
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--C-   044   044   000    -    67900
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O----   127   127   000    -    51 (Min/Max 13/63)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O---K   100   100   000    -    3232
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ---R--   100   100   000    -    383
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -O-R--   200   200   000    -    0

 

On a side note, drive temperature looks pretty high. This drive is at 51°C and already reached a peak value of 63°C .

I looked a other drives at random and saw 64°C current temp and up to 71°C peaks. Might not be related to your issue, but I would not be comfortable with that. I would suggest that you improve cooling of your drives.

 

 

[JorgeB]

Disk has pending sectors and failed the SMART tests, needs to be replaced.

[steve1977]

Thanks for your replies. Will replace the drive.

 

What concern do you have about the temperatures of the devices? Does it hurt to run them rather hot?

[JorgeB]

50 minutes ago, steve1977 said:

Does it hurt to run them rather hot?

Yes, you should keep disks under 40C, 45C tops, though not always possible if the disk is inside a USB case, but still not good for long term health.