I noticed this in /var/log/messages today:
Jul 30 13:25:21 knew kernel: (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): READ_DMA48. ACB: 25 00 b0 51 95 40 68 00 00 00 40 00 Jul 30 13:25:21 knew kernel: (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): CAM status: ATA Status Error Jul 30 13:25:21 knew kernel: (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): ATA status: 51 (DRDY SERV ERR), error: 40 (UNC ) Jul 30 13:25:21 knew kernel: (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): RES: 51 40 b8 51 95 68 68 00 00 38 00 Jul 30 13:25:21 knew kernel: (ada0:ata0:0:0:0): Retrying command Jul 30 13:26:22 knew smartd[743]: Device: /dev/ada0, ATA error count increased from 0 to 1
I initiated a long test via smartctl, then had a look at what I could see:
[dan@knew:~] $ sudo smartctl -a /dev/ada0
smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p21 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba 3.5" DT01ACA... Desktop HDD
Device Model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA300
Serial Number: Z2T4KGYAS
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 ff4c2131c
Firmware Version: MX6OABB0
User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Thu Jul 30 14:14:56 2015 UTC
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: (0x85) Offline data collection activity
was aborted by an interrupting command from host.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 249) Self-test routine in progress...
90% of test remaining.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: (25234) 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.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 421) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control 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 0x000b 086 086 016 Pre-fail Always - 11010078
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 138 138 054 Pre-fail Offline - 76
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 253 253 024 Pre-fail Always - 283 (Average 81)
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 50
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 124 124 020 Pre-fail Offline - 33
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 17693
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 30
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 51
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 51
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 162 162 000 Old_age Always - 37 (Min/Max 18/46)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 1
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17692 hours (737 days + 4 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 38 b8 51 95 08 Error: UNC 56 sectors at LBA = 0x089551b8 = 144003512
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
25 00 40 b0 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.823 READ DMA EXT
25 00 78 38 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 28 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 18 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 08 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Interrupted (host reset) 20% 17651 -
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.
[dan@knew:~] $
After the long test eventually ran and completed, I found the following information.
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/ada0
smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p21 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Toshiba 3.5" DT01ACA... Desktop HDD
Device Model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA300
Serial Number: Z2T4KGYAS
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 ff4c2131c
Firmware Version: MX6OABB0
User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm
Form Factor: 3.5 inches
Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4
SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Fri Jul 31 12:24:48 2015 UTC
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: (0x85) Offline data collection activity
was aborted by an interrupting command from host.
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: (25234) 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.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 421) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x003d) SCT Status supported.
SCT Error Recovery Control 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 0x000b 100 100 016 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 138 138 054 Pre-fail Offline - 76
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0007 253 253 024 Pre-fail Always - 283 (Average 81)
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 50
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 005 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 067 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 124 124 020 Pre-fail Offline - 33
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 098 098 000 Old_age Always - 17715
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0013 100 100 060 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 30
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 52
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0002 153 153 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Min/Max 18/46)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0008 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x000a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
ATA Error Count: 1
CR = Command Register [HEX]
FR = Features Register [HEX]
SC = Sector Count Register [HEX]
SN = Sector Number Register [HEX]
CL = Cylinder Low Register [HEX]
CH = Cylinder High Register [HEX]
DH = Device/Head Register [HEX]
DC = Device Command Register [HEX]
ER = Error register [HEX]
ST = Status register [HEX]
Powered_Up_Time is measured from power on, and printed as
DDd+hh:mm:SS.sss where DD=days, hh=hours, mm=minutes,
SS=sec, and sss=millisec. It "wraps" after 49.710 days.
Error 1 occurred at disk power-on lifetime: 17692 hours (737 days + 4 hours)
When the command that caused the error occurred, the device was active or idle.
After command completion occurred, registers were:
ER ST SC SN CL CH DH
-- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 51 38 b8 51 95 08 Error: UNC 56 sectors at LBA = 0x089551b8 = 144003512
Commands leading to the command that caused the error were:
CR FR SC SN CL CH DH DC Powered_Up_Time Command/Feature_Name
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---------------- --------------------
25 00 40 b0 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.823 READ DMA EXT
25 00 78 38 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 28 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 18 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
25 00 10 08 51 95 40 00 4d+03:12:47.822 READ DMA EXT
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% 17707 -
# 2 Extended offline Aborted by host 90% 17694 -
# 3 Extended offline Interrupted (host reset) 20% 17651 -
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.
[dan@knew:~] $
For now, I think I’ll ignore this error. Wise? Foolish?
