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Re: Hard drive testing?
On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 17:33 -0600, Wolfgang wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>
> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 03:37:49PM -0600, Wolfgang wrote:
> > ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH
> TYPE UPDATED
> > WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
>
> > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000
> Old_age
> > Always - 5
> > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000
> Old_age
> > Offline - 5
>
>
> That's a bad drive.
>
> > SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
> > Num Test_Description Status Remaining
> LifeTime(hours)
> > LBA_of_first_error
> > # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 970
> > 31290205
> > # 2 Short offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 970
> > 31290205
> > # 3 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 970
> > 31290205
> > # 4 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 970
> > 31290205
> > # 5 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 970
> > 31290205
> > # 6 Short offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 222
> > 32454051
> > # 7 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 220
> > 32454051
> > # 8 Conveyance offline Completed: read failure 90%
> 220
> > 32454051
>
>
> And all those are clear indications of a bad drive. And it
> looks like
> you didn't see the early failures. (Note the tests at 220
> hours, then
> again at 970 hours.)
>
> If you ran Fedora with this drive connected, it should have
> screamed at
> you about a drive failing...
>
>
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> I've been running Windows 7 Pro and Ubuntu 10.10 mostly, neither said
> a thing, any suggested hard drives? My Western digital might be out
> of warranty from a small scratch from the hard drive cage.
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>
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>
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Wolfgang,
http://www.pricewatch.com/gallery/hard_removable_drives/sata_1tb
The white label refurbs are only warrantied for 6 months, but in my
experience they last as long as the name brands. The Seagate
ST31000528AS 1TB is a 7200rpm speed demon:
http://www.pricewatch.com/search?q=Seagate+ST31000528AS+1TB&gallery=1
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