Questions tagged [smartctl]
smartctl is a command line utility designed to perform SMART tasks such as printing the SMART self-test and error logs, enabling and disabling SMART automatic testing, and initiating device self-tests.
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"predictable" device names in smartd.conf on various linux-like systems
To configure S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, there is a configuration file at /etc/smartd.conf. That control file and several web pages I've seen, indicate that the configuration file should be customized by ...
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Are those S.M.A.R.T. errors indicate some serious HDD health issues and should I suspect that those S.M.A.R.T. data are tampered?
I've just bought some used hard drive. Using smartctl tool, I found that the Device Error Count value is 16566. Displayed number of reallocated sectors is zero, but should I worry that someone ...
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Interpreting dmesg output: Drive failure imminent or sys admin error?
Last week I swapped out a 1TB drive for a 2TB drive I have lying around. I now get the following in my dmesg output.
[Fri Feb 16 16:15:48 2024] ata5.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x20000 SErr ...
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Extremely slow read speed on hard disk
I have a 4TB hard disk on a NAS which I only use to store media files and play them from there using my local network. Its about 50% filled. It worked fine for for years but I recently noticed that ...
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Interpret the output of smartctl for SSD and hard drive
I have dropped my external hard drive on the floor recently and wanted to know if the electronic parts and mechanical parts were damaged. I have no idea how to find this out from the output of ...
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Secure erase verification methods for different storage media?
Do secure erase technologies available on different types of media set a status or verification flag?
Is there a industry standard to verify when a drive has gone through the process?
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I need a Network design to manage smart home devices across two networks
I have a planned design but I need opinions and comments.I am not a professional.
My family has two apartments (Apt A, Apt B), each with its own ISP modem (300 Mbps) and WI-FI 6 tri-band router. Each ...
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Single SSD in RAID10 array has Wear_Leveling_Count issue
I run a RAID10 machine with 4x Samsung 480GB SSD's. The drives are of identical age.
3 of the drives have a Wear_Leveling_Count 090, but one is now as low as 003. I don't understand why one of the ...
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Looking for smartctl NVMe log error explanation (0xa013 0x8004 and 0x9016 0x8004)
For my 1TB NVMe smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 first reported this:
Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 256 entries)
Num ErrCount SQId CmdId Status PELoc LBA NSID VS
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How to use smartctl with one raid controller
I using a PERC H730 Mini raid controller :
# lspci -d::0104 -k
02:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 [Invader] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell PERC H730 Mini
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High HDD load-count after short smart test
I use an old laptop as a DIY NAS with Debian 9.6 with a HGST HTS541010B7E610 HDD.
The HDD had Power_On_Hours of more than 37k with a Load_Cycle_Count of only 380.
After doing a short smart test with ...
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NVMe faulty drive? SMART Error Information Log Entries fastly increasing
The Error Information Log Entries value showed by smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 in my NVMe is growing fast, by 1 per second. Is it indicative of a faulty driver?
At the same time, Media and Data Integrity ...
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Why MDADM removes disk with no errors from array and marks it as failed
I have a Raid6 that keeps automatically marking a disk (/dev/sdi) as Failed and removing it from the array even though the long test does not show any errors:
Test results
sudo smartctl -l selftest /...
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How to check NVMe ssd with smartctl?
How do you check the health of an NVMe ssd using smartctl on Ubuntu?
My laptop, which has a NVMe solid state drive, has been crashing somewhat frequently recently with strange disk read errors. ...
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Interpreting Seagate SMART value 188 "Command Timeout" data format
A recent smartclt report on a Seagate "Iron Wolf" ST4000VN008-2DR166 included the following that caught my eye since Command_Timeout is on Backblaze's list of SMART indicators of impending ...
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