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I just ran a preclear on a Hitachi 3TB drive.  All went well, but the pre clear report at the end said it has the partition starting on sector 1?  I thought the partition would always start on sector 64 since it's an advanced format drive.  Is this something I should worry about?  Report is attached.

 

 

You are misinformed.

 

On drives > 2.2TB, a different partitioning scheme is used.  It is a GPT partition, and it indeed is aligned to a 4k boundary, so it is compatible even with those drives whose performance suffers when a partition is not aligned with a 4k boundary.

 

To keep older utilities from thinking the drive is not partitioned, since the GPT partition does not use the MBR, a "protective partition" is defined in the MBR.  That "protective partition" is defined as starting on partition 1 and extending the full 2.2TB that was possible using an MBR partition table.   IT is there only to make older utilities (such as "fdisk") happy.   To them, the entire drive is allocated and no further partitioning is possible.

 

You need not worry.   Everything is as it should be.

 

One more thing... your drive is NOT an "advanced format" drive that needs to be handled specially.  It presents 512 byte sectors to the OS and hitachi drives do not suffer regardless of the alignment of partitions.  Also, as far as I know, no drive uses 4096 byte sectors when communicating with the OS.   

 

The WD EARS drives were the only ones where performance suffered if not accessed on a 4k alignment.  (But even they work perfectly fine in unRAID, regardless of how they are jumpered or partitioned.)  Even un-aligned, they have more than sufficient performance to serve up movies, since most media access is linear, and we typically read large numbers of contiguous blocks from the disks.

 

Joe L.

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I have a test bed using unRAID Basic and I have three hard drives in the array.  I have been using this system to evaluate unRAID and intend to upgrade my FreeNAS system as soon as hard drive prices return back to normal. 

 

I recently purchased a Monoprice PCI SATA card (SA3114) for this test bed to permit me to preclear drives prior to the changeover.  I connected up an ESATA external drive to this test bed.  (I don't want to actually do anything to this drive as it contains backups.)    This drive can not be seen in the standard unRAID Web interface (Simple Features installed).  However, using unMenu, the ESATA drive, and its properties, is listed as not being in the array with the device designation---  /dev/sda.  From this, I am certain that the card is working properly. 

 

My question is:  Can I preclear drives in the current configuration without removing one of the drives in the array which would bring the drive count below three for the Basic version? 

 

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My question is:  Can I preclear drives in the current configuration without removing one of the drives in the array which would bring the drive count below three for the Basic version?

With the basic version you are limited to three drives in the array but you can have an unlimited number of drives outside of the array. So since any drive you would be preclearing would not be assigned to the array you can do this without any problem. I have done this myself so I can confirm that it works just fine.
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Hi All,

 

I am in need of some desperate help. This is a new build with only one disk and I am getting errors in the syslog

 

Drive: ST2000DL003

Case: NORCO RPC-4020

MB: supermicro x8sil-f

 

The drive is connected to a sata port on the motherboard and I am using the supplied sata cable that came with the motherboard:

 

Syslog:

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : 0xb [current] [descriptor]

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel:         72 0b 47 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel:         20 32 c6 67

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] ASC=0x47 ASCQ=0x0

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: cdb[0]=0x2a: 2a 00 20 32 c6 48 00 04 00 00

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 540198472

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: __ratelimit: 246 callbacks suppressed

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524809

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524810

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524811

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524812

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524813

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524814

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524815

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524816

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524817

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524818

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: EH complete

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x400100 action 0x6

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x26

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SError: { UnrecovData Handshk }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: failed command: WRITE DMA EXT

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: cmd 35/00:00:48:ca:32/00:04:20:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 out

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel:          res 51/84:b1:97:ca:32/84:03:20:00:00/e0 Emask 0x30 (host bus error)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

 

This errors keep on repeating. The syslog is 30MBs! The drive is 6.0Gbs but the board is 3.0Gbs, I doubt that could be the problem. Could it be the backplane in the Norco?

 

I did however try preclearing a 1.5 seagate  (ST1500DL003) in the same port (it's a 6Gbs too), same types of messages.

 

It appears that the preclear has froze at the following point: JKL4F.jpg

 

 

Please help.

 

Thanks

 

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I am in need of some desperate help. This is a new build with only one disk and I am getting errors in the syslog

 

The drive is connected to a sata port on the motherboard and I am using the supplied sata cable that came with the motherboard:

 

Syslog:

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33

...

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 540198472

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: __ratelimit: 246 callbacks suppressed

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524809

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

...

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: EH complete

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x400100 action 0x6

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x26

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SError: { UnrecovData Handshk }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: failed command: WRITE DMA EXT

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: cmd 35/00:00:48:ca:32/00:04:20:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 out

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel:          res 51/84:b1:97:ca:32/84:03:20:00:00/e0 Emask 0x30 (host bus error)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

 

This errors keep on repeating. The syslog is 30MBs! The drive is 6.0Gbs but the board is 3.0Gbs, I doubt that could be the problem. Could it be the backplane in the Norco?

 

There are at least 4 indicators of bad communications to the drive - degraded SATA link speed ("SATA link up 1.5 Gbps"), degraded UDMA speed ("configured for UDMA/33"), SATA error flag ("Handshk"), and drive error flag ("ICRC").  This is most likely caused by a bad SATA cable, but could also be bad power to the drive.  Replace the cable ASAP, with a known good SATA cable, and test again.

 

Just a note, what is usually most helpful from the syslog is either all of it in a zipped file, or at least the section that includes the very first occurrences of the error.

 

The 6gbps vs 3gbps SATA speed difference should not be a problem.

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I am in need of some desperate help. This is a new build with only one disk and I am getting errors in the syslog

 

The drive is connected to a sata port on the motherboard and I am using the supplied sata cable that came with the motherboard:

 

Syslog:

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: configured for UDMA/33

...

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 540198472

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: __ratelimit: 246 callbacks suppressed

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdb, logical block 67524809

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: lost page write due to I/O error on sdb

...

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: EH complete

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x400100 action 0x6

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: BMDMA stat 0x26

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: SError: { UnrecovData Handshk }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: failed command: WRITE DMA EXT

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: cmd 35/00:00:48:ca:32/00:04:20:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 524288 out

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel:          res 51/84:b1:97:ca:32/84:03:20:00:00/e0 Emask 0x30 (host bus error)

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: status: { DRDY ERR }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4.00: error: { ICRC ABRT }

Dec 20 20:59:34 tonyunraid kernel: ata4: hard resetting link

 

This errors keep on repeating. The syslog is 30MBs! The drive is 6.0Gbs but the board is 3.0Gbs, I doubt that could be the problem. Could it be the backplane in the Norco?

 

There are at least 4 indicators of bad communications to the drive - degraded SATA link speed ("SATA link up 1.5 Gbps"), degraded UDMA speed ("configured for UDMA/33"), SATA error flag ("Handshk"), and drive error flag ("ICRC").  This is most likely caused by a bad SATA cable, but could also be bad power to the drive.  Replace the cable ASAP, with a known good SATA cable, and test again.

 

Just a note, what is usually most helpful from the syslog is either all of it in a zipped file, or at least the section that includes the very first occurrences of the error.

 

The 6gbps vs 3gbps SATA speed difference should not be a problem.

 

Your response is much appreciated.

 

I have changed the sata cable and will begin the preclear process again, unfortunately it's only at step 2 of the preclear process that the errors appear, so I will have to wait and see.

 

I have attached the syslog which details the first occurrence of the error.

 

Many thanks.

syslog_1.zip

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Syslog essentially confirms the previous comments, so hoping that the newer cable works better for you.

 

An additional comment, you are running UnRAID v4.7 and your syslog shows some issues setting up the SAS support (not uncommon).  V4.7 is still the official released version, but the included SAS card support was very young.  For your hardware, I recommend moving to the later betas, because I believe the SAS support is better, more stable.

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Syslog essentially confirms the previous comments, so hoping that the newer cable works better for you.

 

An additional comment, you are running UnRAID v4.7 and your syslog shows some issues setting up the SAS support (not uncommon).  V4.7 is still the official released version, but the included SAS card support was very young.  For your hardware, I recommend moving to the later betas, because I believe the SAS support is better, more stable.

 

Hi RobJ,

 

Woke up this morning to the same errors.

 

I need to somehow verify if this is a backplane problem or not. It could be power related too, however, each backplane has 4 sata connectors and two molex connectors and as far as I can tell, the connectors are seated properly. I am however using one molex to sata power connector for this backplane, (btw the PSU is 750W), I will try using two molexes.

 

I have been testing the same backplane and same sata connector, I will try the next backplane connector and then without the backplane at all (seeing how two disks exhibit this problem, I doubt it's related to the disks. Could it be a motherboard problem, I don't think anything needs to be set in the Bios?).

 

Do you know of a way testing this without using preclear, as each time I test, I have to wait until until "Step 2 of 10" before these errors appear in the log??? It makes this process more difficult, waiting 5-10hrs before I see the errors.

 

Thanks again.

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try #2

 

how about something like:

dd if=/dev/sde bs=8k of=/dev/null

 

where /dev/sde is replaced by your device

 

steve

 

Since he says it is in the "writing" of the disk where errors occur, reading from it using "dd" as you described will probably not help.

 

Instead, for a quicker test, simply use the "-W" option to the preclear script to ask it to skip the initial "reading" of the disk.  It will then start with the "writing" of zeros.

 

preclear_disk.sh -W /dev/sdX

 

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try #2

 

how about something like:

dd if=/dev/sde bs=8k of=/dev/null

 

where /dev/sde is replaced by your device

 

steve

 

Since he says it is in the "writing" of the disk where errors occur, reading from it using "dd" as you described will probably not help.

 

Instead, for a quicker test, simply use the "-W" option to the preclear script to ask it to skip the initial "reading" of the disk.  It will then start with the "writing" of zeros.

 

preclear_disk.sh -W /dev/sdX

 

 

Thanks for this JoeL., this will surely save some time.

 

I just tried the second backplane and no errors. So I guess I can conclude that the first backplane is damaged, come to think of it, I did notice it being loose upon touch. It should of occurred to me to check that first as a root cause. I notice that the backplanes have two thumb screws, should I bother to loosen and inspect it further?

 

Now, having it bought at Newegg.ca, what would be the process? Contact newegg and ask for a RMA (could only imagine the shipping from Canada) or the manufacturer for a replacement backplane?

 

EDIT: Will probably just call norco and ask for a replacement. I'm now worried about the other backplanes. Will need to test each I guess.

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So I finally narrowed it down to the first SATA port on the first backplane. Thanks for all the help guys!

 

I pulled out the backplane to take a look and notice that the backplane looked "used" in many respects (scratches, discoloring, etc...). It just didn't look like a new circuit board.

 

Countless wasted hours later, I contacted Norco via telephone, I was told to send an email to their customer service address by some individual who had difficulties with the English language. A fellow got back to me, he wanted pictures, then said I was responsible for buying the replacement and shipping back the defective unit, shipping of which would not be reimbursed.

 

Build quality of the case and customer service are subpar in my book, will not be buying Norco again. Live and learn I guess. Again, thanks for all the suggestions.

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Repost: Put in the wrong place first time...

 

I am building a new array. I am using preclear_disk.sh 1.13 and unRAID 5 b14. I am starting out with a mix of Green and Black WD drives. All

drives (except the parity which is a new 2TB Black) were in use on Windows systems before and none have ever had jumpers. I am running preclears on 4 drives at the moment.

 

On two of the Greens I used preclear with -A. One is a WD15EARS, the other a WD20EARX. Below are the details of preclear -t for both after the successful preclear completed.

 

My question/concern is that I have different Sector and I/O size for both. One shows 4k, the other 512b. Is something wrong here?

 

Pre-Clear unRAID Disk /dev/sdc

################################################################## 1.13

Model Family:    Western Digital Caviar Green (Adv. Format) family

Device Model:    WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0

Serial Number:    WD-WMAZA2511856

Firmware Version: 51.0AB51

User Capacity:    1,500,301,910,016 bytes

 

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders, total 2930277168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x00000000

 

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sdc1              64  2930277167  1465138552    0  Empty

Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

########################################################################

========================================================================

==

== DISK /dev/sdc IS PRECLEARED with a starting sector of 64

==

============================================================================

 

 

Pre-Clear unRAID Disk /dev/sdd

################################################################## 1.13

Device Model:    WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0

Serial Number:    WD-WCAZA8415922

Firmware Version: 51.0AB51

User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes

 

Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors

Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x00000000

 

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sdd1              64  3907029167  1953514552    0  Empty

Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

########################################################################

========================================================================1.13

==

== DISK /dev/sdd IS PRECLEARED with a starting sector of 64

==

============================================================================

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Is it save to use following disk ? I'm worried about the re-allocation sectors.

 

first run of pre-clear

========================================================================1.13
== invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sda
==  SAMSUNG HD154UI    S1Y6J90SA57135
== Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared
== with a starting sector of 64 
== Ran 1 cycle
==
== Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 5:33:51 (74 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 5:39:43 (73 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 10:30:29 (39 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Total Time     : 21:45:02
==
== Total Elapsed Time 21:45:02
==
== Disk Start Temperature: 17C
==
== Current Disk Temperature: 13C, 
==
============================================================================
** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sda  /tmp/smart_finish_sda
                ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
  Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    87      83            0        ok          13
      Temperature_Celsius =    87      84            0        ok          13
No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

13 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
21 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.
2 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
    a change of -11 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. 
============================================================================

 

second run:

========================================================================1.13
== invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sda
==  SAMSUNG HD154UI    S1Y6J90SA57135
== Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared
== with a starting sector of 64 
== Ran 1 cycle
==
== Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 5:36:20 (74 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 4:59:05 (83 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 10:31:55 (39 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Total Time     : 21:08:19
==
== Total Elapsed Time 21:08:19
==
== Disk Start Temperature: 14C
==
== Current Disk Temperature: 13C, 
==
============================================================================
** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sda  /tmp/smart_finish_sda
                ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
  Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    87      86            0        ok          13
No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
16 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.
9 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
    a change of 9 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. 
============================================================================

 

3th run:

========================================================================1.13
== invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sda
==  SAMSUNG HD154UI    S1Y6J90SA57135
== Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared
== with a starting sector of 64 
== Ran 1 cycle
==
== Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 14:07:24 (29 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 5:21:18 (77 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 11:04:59 (37 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Total Time     : 30:34:41
==
== Total Elapsed Time 30:34:41
==
== Disk Start Temperature: 22C
==
== Current Disk Temperature: 13C, 
==
============================================================================
** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sda  /tmp/smart_finish_sda
                ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
      Raw_Read_Error_Rate =    99      99           51        In_the_past 16799
  Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    87      78            0        ok          13
      Temperature_Celsius =    87      79            0        ok          13
   Current_Pending_Sector =    98      71            0        ok          67
No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

1198 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
2306 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.
67 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
    a change of -1131 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. 
============================================================================

 

4th run:

========================================================================1.13
== invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh -A /dev/sda
==  SAMSUNG HD154UI    S1Y6J90SA57135
== Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared
== with a starting sector of 64 
== Ran 1 cycle
==
== Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time  : 5:43:46 (72 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Zeroing time   : 4:52:19 (85 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 10:23:24 (40 MB/s)
== Last Cycle's Total Time     : 21:00:27
==
== Total Elapsed Time 21:00:27
==
== Disk Start Temperature: 11C
==
== Current Disk Temperature: 22C, 
==
============================================================================
** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sda  /tmp/smart_finish_sda
                ATTRIBUTE   NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE
      Raw_Read_Error_Rate =    99      99           51        In_the_past 4433
  Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    78      89            0        ok          22
      Temperature_Celsius =    78      88            0        ok          22
   Current_Pending_Sector =   100      98            0        ok          0
No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

67 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear.
77 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.
0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear,
    a change of -67 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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I'm worried about the re-allocation sectors.

me too.  >:(

 

They seem to always be re-written into place, so I'd suspect the power supply as an additional thing to check. 

(poor quality power might contribute to a poor quality write of the disk)

 

In general, I'd not trust my data on it.

 

Joe L.

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