Pending sectors after preclear


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I precleared 4 wd red disk without problems, but yesterday on fifth disk...:

 

Hard Disk: WD Red 4TB. After preclear it returned several errors and bad sectors:

 

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** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdc  /tmp/smart_finish_sdc

                ATTRIBUTE      NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE

      Raw_Read_Error_Rate =  199        100                      51                ok              1620

      Temperature_Celsius  =  127        131                      0                ok              25

No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

 

0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.

148 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1.

0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1.

261 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,

    a change of 261 in the number of sectors pending re-allocation.

0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear.

0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear,

    the number of sectors re-allocated did not change.

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Is this disk safe to assign to my array?

If you think I can use it safely, what are next steps to fix pending sectors? I am not sure to understand the report, but it seems there are 216 pending sectors not fixed after preclear...

If you think it's better don't use it in my array and RMA it, the disk they send me will be a new one or a refurbished one?

 

Thank you in advance.

Sorry, I am newbie.

Full preclear report attached

Preclear_result_files.zip

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You cannot safely use a disk with Pending sectors in unRAID.

 

About the only thing you can try is another pre-clear cycle.    If that does not fix things then you should give up on that disk.  The fact that the number of pending sectors went up during the pre-clear you have done is not very hopeful and suggests the disk is on the way out.

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SMARTCTL REPORT

Disk: /dev/sdc
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [i686-linux-3.9.11p-unRAID] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD40EFRX-68WT0N0
Serial Number:    WD-WCC4E0DXYF75
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 20b55c4f2
Firmware Version: 82.00A82
User Capacity:    4,000,787,030,016 bytes [4.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Device is:        Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is:   ACS-2 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Wed Jan 14 15:39:56 2015 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:       (52680) 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:     ( 527) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:     (   5) minutes.
SCT capabilities:           (0x703d)   SCT Status supported.
               SCT Error Recovery Control 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   199   193   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       1620
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   100   253   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       3
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   200   200   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   100   253   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       41
10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   253   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       -       3
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       2
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   127   117   000    Old_age   Always       -       25
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       261
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

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.

 

This looks to be a new drive judging from the power on hours of 41.

I would suggest you do a Conveyance test.

 

Example:

smartctl -t conveyance /dev/sd? (looks to be c in this capture)

 

This will take about 5 minutes,

 

Then dump the smartctl report

smartctl -a dev/sd? (looks to be c in this capture)

 

See if there are failures.

 

I would also suggest doing a smart long test.

 

smartctl -t long /dev/sd? (looks to be c in this capture)This will take approx 527 minutes (almost 10 hours).

 

Then dump the smartctl report (tomorrow)

smartctl -a dev/sd? (looks to be c in this capture)

 

See if there are failures and post smart report for review.

 

If you have conveyance test failures, there is probably damage during shipping.

 

As it stands now, this drive is not a safe candidate for unRAID.

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That was the conveyance test. The short or long test will probably fail with the same issue.

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Conveyance offline  Completed: read failure       90%        48         258907202
# 2  Conveyance offline  Completed: read failure       90%        48         258907207
# 3  Conveyance offline  Completed: read failure       90%        48         258907201

 

and what it's reveals is damage in shipping.

 

The conveyance test is a specific test for testing drives(that support it) for damage during transport.

From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.

Self-tests

SMART drives may offer a number of self-tests:

Short

Checks the electrical and mechanical performance as well as the read performance of the disk. Electrical tests might include a test of buffer RAM, a read/write circuitry test, or a test of the read/write head elements. Mechanical test includes seeking and servo on data tracks. Scans small parts of the drive's surface (area is vendor-specific and there is a time limit on the test). Checks the list of pending sectors that may have read errors, and it usually takes under two minutes.

Long/Extended

A longer and more thorough version of the short self-test, scans the entire disk surface, with no time limit. Usually takes hundreds of minutes, approximately one gigabyte per minute for modern drives.

Conveyance

Intended as a quick test to identify damage incurred during transporting of the device from the drive manufacturer to the computer manufacturer. Only available on ATA drives, and it usually takes several minutes.

Selective

Some drives allow selective self-tests of just a part of the surface. The self-test logs for SCSI and ATA drives are slightly different. It is possible for the long test to pass even if the short test fails.

 

Send the drive back from where you bought it, if it's too late you'll have to RMA it.

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