Hello,

 

I'd appreciate if someone let me know if the NEW_VAL and OLD_VAL are any indicator of problems? I know that generally if no sectors are to be re allocated and the drive passes the Smart test it is generally good to go but I'd rather be sure since I purchased this drive from an acquaintance and intend to eventually replace my lower capacity parity drive with this 6TB one.

 

Thank You

 

[pre]** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdh  /tmp/smart_finish_sdh

                ATTRIBUTE  NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS      RAW_VALUE

      Raw_Read_Error_Rate =    80    100          44        ok          102162778

          Seek_Error_Rate =    71    100          30        ok          13060227

        Spin_Retry_Count =  100    100          97        near_thresh 0

        End-to-End_Error =  100    100          99        near_thresh 0

          High_Fly_Writes =    98    100            0        ok          2

  Airflow_Temperature_Cel =    66      69          45        near_thresh 34

      Temperature_Celsius =    34      31            0        ok          34

  Hardware_ECC_Recovered =    42    100            0        ok          102162778

No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW

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

0 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,

    the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change.

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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From the numbers, this looks like a brand new Seagate.  The Seek_Error_Rate of 71 is better than average.  The Raw_Read_Error_Rate of 80 is somewhat lower than average, a little troubling.  I would Preclear this drive 2 more times, and see if it drops significantly more.

Thank You Rob will do,

 

Should I run the pre clear consecutively or with intervals?

 

 

The seek error rate is a 48bit value, 13060227 is 0x000000C74883 hex.  First 16bits (error count) is 0x0000, last 32bits (number of seeks) are 0x00C74883.  Basically, zero seek errors over 13060227 total seeks.  Explanation/guide

That's quite interesting unevent thank you for the info, wasn't aware it would be this tricky I guess I'll run one more pre clear and consider it fit to replace my current partiy drive.