August 25, 20232 yr Hello, I have one red drive in my array. I did a long SMART test and it passed. Should I change it (I don't see another solution)? Bye. WDC_WD30EZRZ.txt Edited August 25, 20232 yr by shire
August 25, 20232 yr Community Expert What makes you think the drive is dead rather than dimply disabled ? it DOES have a lot of reallocated sectors so you may want to consider replacing anyway.
August 26, 20232 yr Author I rebooted the server after I reseated all the drives in their drive caches. I also use pushover on my phone to monitor the server. This drive reported reallocated sectors before the reboot. So in other words (to understand it for the future): - A drive reports an error (like reallocated sectors) - unRAID sees it and takes down the drive (red indicator) - The drive might pass the SMART test nevertheless I found a few posts on how to reenable drives on this forum. I will skip this one and just buy a new drive...
August 26, 20232 yr Community Expert Solution 22 minutes ago, shire said: unRAID sees it and takes down the drive (red indicator) This only happens if a write to the drive fails. It is independent of whether a sector is reallocated. passing the extended SMART test is not definitive (although suggestive), whereas failing it is definitely a problem. Not also that the overall SMART assessment based on the SMART attributes is almost meaningless unless it indicates a failure.
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