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Hi,

 

Long time unRAID user, I'm currently having problems with my parity disk. A few days ago, I noticed my array was offline. After starting it manually, I saw the parity disk was orange (invalid data content), and a parity-sync started automatically. After 24h+ of syncing, the parity disk got red (disabled). So I ran a SMART test and got "Completed: read failure".

 

Here is the full SMART report

 

smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
Serial Number:    WD-WMC1T1955212
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:   9
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Thu Feb  4 15:56:12 2016 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:      ( 113)	The previous self-test completed having
				the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		 (39540) 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: 	       (0x70bd)	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   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       6
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   209   171   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       4525
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1012
  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   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       2584
10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       483
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       40
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       971
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   125   115   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       -       0
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   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       54

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  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       10%      2572         1563065936
# 2  Short offline       Completed: read failure       50%      2564         1564248776

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.

 

I tried to, but I really can't understand anything out of this... Can someone help ?

 

Is my drive dead ? If not, how to get it to work again ?

 

And if it's not dead, is it safe to continue using it as a parity drive ? Or as a data drive in unRAID ?

 

Thanks to anyone who can help me with this !

 

PS : using unRAID 5.0-rc11 (yes... I know... planning to upgrade to last version)

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Seem to remember that having a disk spin down in the middle of the test can cause these types of issues. The os does not see the drive activity and will spin it down. Might disable spindown on the drive and retry.

 

I don't see anything in the smart attributes that looks concerning.

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Thanks, I'm trying another complete SMART test with spin down disabled, but I'm not really optimistic since parity-sync fails anyway.

 

Seems like WD Red are not as durable as I thought, failing 2 weeks after the end of the 3-year warranty... If I need to replace it, I think I'll buy a cheaper one.

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Hi,

 

I tried another SMART test with spin down disabled, and the result is the same. I get "Last SMART test result: Errors occurred - Check logs", and the log is almost identical :

 

smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
Serial Number:    WD-WMC1T1955212
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:   9
ATA Standard is:  Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated
Local Time is:    Fri Feb  5 22:23:05 2016 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:      ( 113)	The previous self-test completed having
				the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		 (39540) 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: 	       (0x70bd)	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   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       6
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   192   171   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       5366
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       1013
  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   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       2614
10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       484
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       41
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       971
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   125   115   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       -       0
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   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       40

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  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       10%      2593         1561884368
# 2  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       10%      2572         1563065936
# 3  Short offline       Completed: read failure       50%      2564         1564248776

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.

 

So I guess I'll buy a new disk...

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Wow, I guess I'm luckier than I thought, I was sure I bought the disk in jan. 2013 but I checked and it's still in warranty until 02/13/2016, so I asked for RMA. ^^

 

Definitely good timing !!  :)

 

You very well may have bought the disk in Jan '13 => the warranty expiration dates are generally set at the warranty length (3 yrs in this case) plus an estimated time in the distribution chain (typically 60 days).    In any event, you're a whole week early  8)

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