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From: ANTant on 29 Dec 2009 18:42 I noticed my five(?) years old office PC's HDD is getting slower and slower these days. I wonder if it is dying. I don't see anything in SMART colors to show any issues. The technical values confuse me: smartctl -a sda smartctl version 5.38 [i686-mingw32-xp-sp2] Copyright (C) 2002-8 Bruce Allen Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 family Device Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 Serial Number: Y22BP5AC Firmware Version: YAR51HW0 User Capacity: 80,000,000,000 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 Local Time is: Tue Dec 29 15:33:24 2009 PST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. Enabled status cached by OS, trying SMART RETURN STATUS cmd. 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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. 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: ( 241) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No 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. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 36) minutes. 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 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 224 224 063 Pre-fail Always - 7747 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 65 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 063 Pre-fail Always - 0 6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail Offline - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 248 237 187 Pre-fail Always - 38101 9 Power_On_Minutes 0x0032 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 614h+43m 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 157 Pre-fail Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 72 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 50 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 924 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 199 000 Old_age Offline - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 243 000 Old_age Always - 15 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail Always - 2 204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 191 191 000 Old_age Offline - 0 99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 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% 35352 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 29236 - # 3 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 - 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. What do you guys think? Thank you in advance. :) -- "We are anthill men upon an anthill world." --Ray Bradbury /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
From: Rod Speed on 29 Dec 2009 19:43 ANTant(a)zimage.com wrote: > I noticed my five(?) years old office PC's HDD is getting > slower and slower these days. I wonder if it is dying. You dont usually get that particular symptom if it is dying. > I don't see anything in SMART colors to show > any issues. The technical values confuse me: Yeah, thats always been one downside with SMART, the values can be confusing. The everest SMART report is more readable than smartctl too. > smartctl -a sda > smartctl version 5.38 [i686-mingw32-xp-sp2] Copyright (C) 2002-8 > Bruce Allen > Home page is http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ > > === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === > Model Family: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 family > Device Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 > Serial Number: Y22BP5AC > Firmware Version: YAR51HW0 > User Capacity: 80,000,000,000 bytes > Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] > ATA Version is: 7 > ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 > Local Time is: Tue Dec 29 15:33:24 2009 PST > SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. > Enabled status cached by OS, trying SMART RETURN > STATUS cmd. > 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: (0x82) Offline data collection > activity > was completed without error. > Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. > 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: ( 241) seconds. > Offline data collection > capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. > Auto Offline data collection on/off support. > Suspend Offline collection upon new > command. > Offline surface scan supported. > Self-test supported. > No 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. > No General Purpose Logging support. > Short self-test routine > recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. > Extended self-test routine > recommended polling time: ( 36) minutes. > > 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 > 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 224 224 063 Pre-fail Always - 7747 > 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 65 > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 063 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail Offline - 0 > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 248 237 187 Pre-fail Always - 38101 > 9 Power_On_Minutes 0x0032 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 614h+43m > 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 157 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 0 > 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 72 > 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 50 > 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 924 > 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 199 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 243 000 Old_age Always - 15 > 202 TA_Increase_Count 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail Always - 2 > 204 Shock_Count_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 205 Shock_Rate_Write_Opern 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 > 209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 191 191 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 > 101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 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% 35352 - # 2 Extended > offline Completed without error 00% 29236 - # 3 > Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 > - > > 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. > What do you guys think? The drive is fine.
From: ANTant on 29 Dec 2009 21:18 In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ANTant(a)zimage.com wrote: > >> I noticed my five(?) years old office PC's HDD is getting >> slower and slower these days. I wonder if it is dying. > > You dont usually get that particular symptom if it is dying. Really? In the past, I had an old HDD that read so slow like under 1 MB/sec. I swapped with an other old HDD and it was faster. > >> I don't see anything in SMART colors to show >> any issues. The technical values confuse me: > > Yeah, thats always been one downside with SMART, the values can be confusing. > > The everest SMART report is more readable than smartctl too. Ah. >> smartctl -a sda >> smartctl version 5.38 [i686-mingw32-xp-sp2] Copyright (C) 2002-8 [snipped] > The drive is fine. Thanks. :) -- "We are anthill men upon an anthill world." --Ray Bradbury /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
From: ANTant on 29 Dec 2009 21:25 FYI with updated results, I just noticed a newer version and reran a full test: smartctl 5.39 2009-12-09 r2995 [i686-pc-mingw32-xp-sp2] (sf-win32-5.39-1) Copyright (C) 2002-9 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 family Device Model: Maxtor 6Y080M0 Serial Number: Y22BP5AC Firmware Version: YAR51HW0 User Capacity: 80,000,000,000 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 7 ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 Local Time is: Tue Dec 29 18:23:31 2009 PST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. Enabled status cached by OS, trying SMART RETURN STATUS cmd. 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: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. 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: ( 241) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No 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. No General Purpose Logging support. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 36) minutes. 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 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 224 224 063 Pre-fail Always - 7747 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 65 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 253 253 063 Pre-fail Always - 0 6 Read_Channel_Margin 0x0001 253 253 100 Pre-fail Offline - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0027 249 237 187 Pre-fail Always - 34557 9 Power_On_Minutes 0x0032 141 141 000 Old_age Always - 617h+32m 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 157 Pre-fail Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x002b 253 252 223 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 72 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0032 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 50 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 1504 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0008 199 199 000 Old_age Offline - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 201 Soft_Read_Error_Rate 0x000a 253 243 000 Old_age Always - 26 202 Data_Address_Mark_Errs 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 203 Run_Out_Cancel 0x000b 253 252 180 Pre-fail Always - 1 204 Soft_ECC_Correction 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 205 Thermal_Asperity_Rate 0x000a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 207 Spin_High_Current 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 208 Spin_Buzz 0x002a 253 252 000 Old_age Always - 0 209 Offline_Seek_Performnce 0x0024 191 191 000 Old_age Offline - 0 99 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 100 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 101 Unknown_Attribute 0x0004 253 253 000 Old_age Offline - 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% 36417 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 35352 - # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 29236 - # 4 Short offline Completed without error 00% 0 - 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. -- "We are anthill men upon an anthill world." --Ray Bradbury /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phillip (Ant) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Please remove ANT if replying by e-mail. ( )
From: ANTant on 29 Dec 2009 21:27
>> I don't see anything in SMART colors to show >> any issues. The technical values confuse me: > > Yeah, thats always been one downside with SMART, the values can be confusing. > > The everest SMART report is more readable than smartctl too. Isn't Everest program not free anymore? :( |