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Disk errors should I be worried

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I am still on RC4 at this stage.  I hade a few disks in my array spun up and a few down when I decided to kick off a parity check.  Anywyas got these errors in the log straight away, so I stopped parity check then restarted and no errors.  Was it just a disk spin up issue or should I be worried.  No other errors occured with the rest of the parity check and the disk passed all smart and self tests.

 

Jul 15 23:03:53 Tower kernel: mdcmd (83): check CORRECT

Jul 15 23:03:53 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread woken up ...

Jul 15 23:03:53 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread checking parity...

Jul 15 23:03:53 Tower kernel: md: using 1152k window, over a total of 2930266532 blocks.

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:08 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:11 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:13 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:16 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:18 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: cmd 25/00:00:40:1f:00/00:04:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 in

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel:          res 51/40:9f:a0:1f:00/00:03:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: error: { UNC }

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Unhandled sense code

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]  Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]  Sense Key : 0x3 [current] [descriptor]

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel:        72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel:        00 00 1f a0

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc]  ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x4

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 00 00 1f 40 00 04 00 00

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 8096

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: ata3: EH complete

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8032/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8040/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8048/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8056/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8064/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8072/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8080/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8088/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8096/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8104/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8112/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8120/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8128/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8136/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8144/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8152/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8160/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8168/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8176/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8184/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8192/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8200/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8208/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8216/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8224/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8232/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8240/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8248/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8256/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8264/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8272/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8280/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8288/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8296/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8304/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8312/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8320/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8328/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8336/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8344/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8352/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8360/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8368/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8376/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8384/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8392/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8400/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8408/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8416/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8424/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8432/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8440/1, count: 1

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: md: disk1 read error

Jul 15 23:04:21 Tower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 8448/1, count: 1

 

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Sorry posted in rc forum due to thinking it may be something to do with the RC i was running that may have been changed or upgraded in the next RC ie the hdparm changes etc etc or a newer driver.

Sorry posted in rc forum due to thinking it may be something to do with the RC i was running that may have been changed or upgraded in the next RC ie the hdparm changes etc etc or a newer driver.

No, UNC errors are un-correctable media errors.(un-readable sectors on the disk)  It is why you are being asked to get a SMART report for that disk.  It has nothing to do with the "rc" release.
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OK SO when I saw the errors after starting the parity check I stopped the parity check.  Main array status showed 116 errors for drive 1 checked smart report all good ran self test all good now all disks are spun up I re-ran the parity check and no more errors either in the log or on the array status page still at 116 errors for disk 1.

 

Jul 16 08:49:16 Tower kernel: md: sync done. time=34380sec

Jul 16 08:49:16 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread sync completion status: 0

 

Statistics for /dev/sdc WDC_WD30EZRX-00MMMB0_WD-WCAWZ1155791

 

smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdc

smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)

Copyright © 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

 

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===

Device Model:    WDC WD30EZRX-00MMMB0

Serial Number:    WD-WCAWZ1155791

Firmware Version: 80.00A80

User Capacity:    3,000,592,982,016 bytes

Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]

ATA Version is:  8

ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated

Local Time is:    Mon Jul 16 19:43:00 2012 WST

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:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity

was completed without error.

Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.

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: (51000) seconds.

Offline data collection

capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.

Auto Offline data collection on/off support.

Suspend Offline collection upon new

command.

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: (  2) minutes.

Extended self-test routine

recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes.

Conveyance self-test routine

recommended polling time: (  5) minutes.

SCT capabilities:       (0x3035) SCT Status supported.

SCT Feature Control supported.

SCT Data Table supported.

 

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16

Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG    VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate    0x002f  200  200  051    Pre-fail  Always      -      0

  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027  154  148  021    Pre-fail  Always      -      9266

  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032  100  100  000    Old_age  Always      -      131

  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct  0x0033  200  200  140    Pre-fail  Always      -      0

  7 Seek_Error_Rate        0x002e  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032  090  090  000    Old_age  Always      -      7700

10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032  100  100  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032  100  253  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

12 Power_Cycle_Count      0x0032  100  100  000    Old_age  Always      -      62

192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      28

193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      116

194 Temperature_Celsius    0x0022  131  108  000    Old_age  Always      -      21

196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

198 Offline_Uncorrectable  0x0030  200  200  000    Old_age  Offline      -      0

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032  200  200  000    Old_age  Always      -      0

200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate  0x0008  200  200  000    Old_age  Offline      -      0

 

SMART Error Log Version: 1

No Errors Logged

 

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%      7679        -

 

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.

 

 

Please attach the entire syslog. Zip if needed.

It's odd that the syslog reports media errors but the SMART doesn't. Run a long SMART test. Power off retract indicates a power issue. Check power connections. What PSU?

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I have a corsair cx500 V2.  power is supplied via norco 5in3 drive cages

It would also be worth running a manufacturer test on the drive. Either of the following should be fine:

 

WD Data Lifeguard

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=608〈=en

 

Seatools (Seagate utility also works for WD drives)

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/

 

Sometimes a drive suspected of being faulty but it still passes SMART & manufacturer tests just fine. If this is the case, try a benchmark tool (something like HDTune) and you can often tell by large dips in r/w performance that a drive is on it's way out- even if it hasn't quite failed just yet.

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