[mythtv-users] warning for anyone with western digital green drives
jk90090
jk90090 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 23:29:21 UTC 2012
On 1/5/12 12:55 PM, Ronald Frazier wrote:
> smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count
For what it's worth, here's what mine says in case anyone wants to compare:
# smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age
Always - 843159 <-- WD Green WD20EADS, direct SATA
# smartctl -a /dev/sdb | grep Load_Cycle_Count
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age
Always - 99 <-- Hitachi, direct SATA
# smartctl -a /dev/sdc | grep Load_Cycle_Count
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age
Always - 322868 <-- Seagate 2.5" Momentus XT, direct SATA -
Used for my VMware VMs
# smartctl -a /dev/sdf | grep Load_Cycle_Count
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age
Always - 538 <-- WD Green WD20EARS, attached via USB3 -
general storage
Gentoo, entire system (OS+MythTV backend) running in mirror set for
those sda and sdb drives. Been running for quite a while (year +) on
these drives.
I have never updated drive firmware for these drives.
Jan 5 15:15:37 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], opened
Jan 5 15:15:37 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], WDC
WD20EADS-00R6B0, S/N:xxx, WWN:yyy, FW:01.00A01, 2.00 TB
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], found in smartd
database: Western Digital Caviar Green
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], is SMART capable.
Adding to "monitor" list.
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdb, type changed from
'scsi' to 'sat'
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], opened
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], Hitachi
HDS722020ALA330, S/N:xxx, WWN:yyy, FW:JKAOA20N, 2.00 TB
Jan 5 15:15:38 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], found in smartd
database: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdb [SAT], is SMART capable.
Adding to "monitor" list.
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdc, type changed from
'scsi' to 'sat'
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], opened
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], ST95005620AS,
S/N:xxx, WWN:yyy, FW:SD23, 500 GB
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], found in smartd
database: Seagate Momentus XT
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdc [SAT], is SMART capable.
Adding to "monitor" list.
Jan 5 15:15:39 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdf [SAT], opened
Jan 5 15:15:53 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdf [SAT], WDC
WD20EARS-00MVWB0, S/N:xxx, WWN:yyy, FW:51.0AB51, 2.00 TB
Jan 5 15:15:53 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdf [SAT], found in smartd
database: Western Digital Caviar Green (Adv. Format)
Jan 5 15:15:53 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdf [SAT], not capable of
SMART Health Status check
Jan 5 15:15:53 smartd[3052]: Device: /dev/sdf [SAT], is SMART capable.
Adding to "monitor" list.
Jan 5 15:15:53 smartd[3052]: Monitoring 4 ATA and 0 SCSI devices
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