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Need SMART decode

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I was copying a movie to my unRAID yesterday and the entire machine locked up mid-copy. I've never had that happen before, I couldn't get in through the web interface, telnet, or direct console, and the clean shutdown on power button did not work either.  I ended up having to hold down the power button.

 

Upon reboot it started a parity check as expected and I let it run overnight.  This morning it said that it had 332 parity updates and the log seemed to imply it was because of drive 13.

 

So I just ran a couple long SMART tests on drive 13, but I'm confused because it says it PASSED the overall health self-assessment test, but it finishes the long tests very quickly and gives the following results:

 

# 1  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       90%      3984         424654579
# 2  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       90%      3980         424654579

 

So, I'm not sure what is up with the "read failure", is my drive hosed or not? TIA

 

Here's the complete report:

Statistics for /dev/sdj SAMSUNG_HD154UI_S1XWJ1KS807856
smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdj
smartctl version 5.38 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD154UI
Serial Number:    S1XWJ1KS807856
Firmware Version: 1AG01118
User Capacity:    1,500,301,910,016 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 3b
Local Time is:    Sun May  2 00:39:56 2010 GMT+5

==> WARNING: May need -F samsung or -F samsung2 enabled; see manual for details.

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:      ( 121)	The previous self-test completed having
				the read element of the test failed.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		 (18253) 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: 	 (  32) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003f)	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     0x000f   099   099   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       616
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   063   063   011    Pre-fail  Always       -       11750
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       378
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   095   095   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       209
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   253   253   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0025   100   100   015    Pre-fail  Offline      -       11060
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       3985
10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0033   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       31
13 Read_Soft_Error_Rate    0x000e   099   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       278
183 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 Unknown_Attribute       0x0033   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1507
188 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   072   064   000    Old_age   Always       -       28 (Lifetime Min/Max 20/29)
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   071   063   000    Old_age   Always       -       29 (Lifetime Min/Max 19/32)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       694419817
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   095   095   000    Old_age   Always       -       209
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   099   095   000    Old_age   Always       -       28
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       1
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   100   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       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  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       90%      3984         424654579
# 2  Extended offline    Completed: read failure       90%      3980         424654579

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.

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Here's an excerpt from the system log in case that is helpful:

 

Apr 30 16:43:39 WatchTower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 424747440/11, count: 1
Apr 30 16:43:39 WatchTower kernel: md: disk13 read error
Apr 30 16:43:39 WatchTower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 424747448/11, count: 1
Apr 30 16:43:39 WatchTower kernel: md: disk13 read error
Apr 30 16:43:39 WatchTower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 424747456/11, count: 1
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:7f:65:51/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:94:67:51/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:43:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:7f:65:51/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:94:67:51/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:43:45 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:87:5f:52/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:14:60:52/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:43:51 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:8f:da:52/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:86:de:52/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:43:55 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:1f:0d:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:cc:0e:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:15 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:77:60:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:e4:60:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:19 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:77:60:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:e4:60:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:20 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:2f:84:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:9c:86:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:23 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:24 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:24 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:2f:84:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:9c:86:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:26 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:2f:84:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:9c:86:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:27 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:28 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:28 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:2f:84:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:9c:86:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:30 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:33 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:36 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:38 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:41 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:43 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: port_status 0x20200000
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: failed command: READ DMA EXT
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: cmd 25/00:f8:ff:9b:a7/00:03:19:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 520192 in
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: res 51/40:00:04:9f:a7/40:00:19:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: error: { UNC }
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11.00: configured for UDMA/133
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdj] Unhandled sense code
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdj] Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=0x08
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdj] Sense Key : 0x3 [current] [descriptor]
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex):
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: 19 a7 9f 04 
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdj] ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x4
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: sd 11:0:0:0: [sdj] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 19 a7 9b ff 00 03 f8 00
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdj, sector 430415620
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: ata11: EH complete
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: md: disk13 read error
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: handle_stripe read error: 430415552/11, count: 1
Apr 30 16:46:46 WatchTower kernel: md: disk13 read error

 

That drive is indeed poorly. For now each bad sector is being mapped out to the spare sectors the drive has. 

 

5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct  0x0033  095  095  010    Pre-fail  Always      -      209

This means 209 bad blocks have been moved.

 

196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032  095  095  000    Old_age  Always      -      209

This means each move was successful

 

197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012  099  095  000    Old_age  Always      -      28

This means 28 more blocks are being treated as suspicious

 

198 Offline_Uncorrectable  0x0030  100  100  000    Old_age  Offline      -      1

Bad sector found during offline testing.

 

210 bad sectors and another 28 pending. Time for a new drive IMO.

 

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Thanks Kaygee, I was afraid of that. I guess I'll order a new one and start the warranty process on this one.

  • 5 weeks later...
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Continuing saga here. I ordered a new drive and got the system back up. I replaced the original (Samsung 1.5TB) through warranty and even though I don't need the replacement in the system yet, I started to preclear it and test it since it says it is recertified. SMART was turned off when I got the drive, but I turned it back on and I think there are problems with this recertified drive. Specifically the Hardware_ECC_Recovered value was over 400,000,00 after doing the pre-clear. Wondering if this was a one-time issue or will be ongoing, I re-ran the pre-clear last night. The system crashed sometime during the night (never a good sign), and now the value is over 700,000,000. The complete SMART is below - I don't know enough about what the Hardware_ECC_Recovered value signifies - should I be worried?

 

SMART status Info for /dev/sdk

smartctl version 5.38 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen
Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD154UI
Serial Number:    61831B761APH6L
Firmware Version: 1AG01118
User Capacity:    1,500,301,910,016 bytes
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 3b
Local Time is:    Wed Jun  2 10:11:05 2010 GMT+5

==> WARNING: May need -F samsung or -F samsung2 enabled; see manual for details.

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: 		 (19094) 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: 	 (  33) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x003f)	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     0x000f   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0007   063   063   011    Pre-fail  Always       -       11750
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       3
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   253   253   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  8 Seek_Time_Performance   0x0025   100   100   015    Pre-fail  Offline      -       10849
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       110
10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0033   100   100   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       3
13 Read_Soft_Error_Rate    0x000e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
183 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 Unknown_Attribute       0x0033   100   100   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Unknown_Attribute       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   073   070   000    Old_age   Always       -       27 (Lifetime Min/Max 18/30)
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   072   069   000    Old_age   Always       -       28 (Lifetime Min/Max 18/31)
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       722813379
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate    0x000a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       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  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%        88         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%         7         -

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.

You've not been paying attention to previous posts on how to interpret SMART reports.

 

The "raw" column, on the far right, is meaningful ONLY to the  manufacturer with just a few exceptions.

for all the others, you can only go by the "normalized" value.

 

195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered  0x001a  100  100  000    Old_age  Always      -      722813379

Your "normalized value is 100, basically it is a starting value.  The worst value ever is 100, (the same initialized starting value)

the failure threshold is "0" If your current value ever drops to zero, the disk will have been considered as failed by SMART tests.

 

All disks at all times use hardware error correction.  It is how they work.  The "raw" value has some meaning to the manufacturer, and they are not telling anyone how to interpret it. (trade secrets )  Sometimes they show the raw value, sometimes they keep it hidden.  Trust me, your Raw_Read_Error_Rate is not "0" no disk has zero... but same issue, on those disks that show the raw number, it is meaningless.

 

The only RAW numbers that you need to care about and can usually trust to be actual counts are

Reallocated_Sector_count

and

Current_Pending_Sector (pending re-allocation when next written to)

 

Other than that, you just need to compare the current  (or worst) value to the threshold to determine if you have a problem.  If an attribute does go below the threshold, that attribute is marked as FAILING_NOW. 

 

There is nothing wrong with your disk.  No attribute is remotely close to its threshold for failure.

 

Joe L.

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Ok, I guess I did miss that about RAW values. Thanks for your help.

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